Examination of Transformation in Historical Buildings within the Context of Worship Buildings

Abstract

Historical buildings are social richness that brings the cultural, social and economic characteristics of the period. Historical places of worship are important places that are symbols of cities. Changing conditions over time cause the original functions of historical buildings to disappear, and some interventions may be required for the buildings to be reused. In the study, the intervention approaches applied to historical places of worship are examined by dividing them into groups as additional design, the transformation of the interior by preserving the facade, and the application of completion, around the phenomenon of transformation. These approaches are discussed through selected examples from the world and our country. In the changing process, a study has been created that gives information in the light of applied examples about the intervention of transforming the historical structure by adding new meanings to the historical structure without harming the identity of the historical buildings. The aim of the study is to establish the awareness of conservation and to try to create a contemporary perspective in interventions as a result of examining the conversion practices in historical places of worship.