İstanbul'da eski yapıları yeniden kazanma örneği: Borusan Müzik evi

The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the re-functioning of 18th and 19th century's buildings, within this perspective, Borusan Music House on İstiklal Avenue, which was commissioned by Borusan Holding and re-functioned by Gökhan Avcıoğlu in the year 2007. This thesis also contains a research of laws, principles and regulations of the city as well as a review of similar re-functioning works in İstanbul. Borusan Music House and the other examples show us that they made works which increased cities' cultural levels by combining corporations and architectural offices. This new perspective requires, instead of renovation by making the new building look similar to the old building, preservation of all functional elements of the old building and to give an exact opposite character to the new additions. So instead of concealing the differences between the old and the new, this approach requires them to be honestly exposed. There are numerous examples of such modernization by use of latest technology in old buildings in İstanbul.