New Structuring in the Historic Environment: Investigation of Diyarbakır Yenikapı Street

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 391 - 413, 30.09.2024

Emine Ekinci Dağtekin , Evin İlişer

Abstract

Historical textures are the representatives of cultural heritage that convey the way of life, economic and sociocultural structure of the people living in the past and the technology of that period. Many reasons such as urbanization problems, migration, war, natural disasters, epidemics, economic problems, new construction tendency, change in education and lack of awareness make it difficult to preserve the historical texture and transfer it to the future. The addition or reconstruction of new buildings within the historic fabric emerges as a design problem in terms of providing historical and cultural continuity. Diyarbakır, a historical city in southeastern Turkey, has been home to many civilizations from past to present. The Suriçi District of Diyarbakır, which has preserved its historical and physical texture for many years, underwent a major change after the armed conflict in 2015. Instead of the demolished buildings in the district, after a very rapid design process, the traditional street texture was destroyed and new buildings were designed that evoke the design styles of traditional houses. The aim of this study is to examine the new buildings designed as a result of the reconstruction of Yenikapı Street in Diyarbakır Suriçi District after 2016 in line with new building design approaches in the historical environment and to evaluate them within the criteria of new construction in the historical environment. In this context, in the research process; after conducting a literature research, the historical environment, new building in the historical environment and new building design approaches in the historical environment were examined, the situation of Yenikapı Street before and after the demolition was analyzed, and determinations were made in line with the criteria for new construction in the historical environment.

Keywords

Historic Environment, Diyarbakır Houses, Traditional Texture, New Construction

Ethical Statement

Etik beyana gerek görülmemiştir.

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