Investigation of lost traditional residential area of Karaman castle settlement

Because of rapid urbanization in the modern era, it is difficult to preserve and sustain historical environments. Throughout history, cities in the world and our country have faced different changes and transformations. Due to urban modernization, there have been permanent changes in the historical centers of many cities around the world. Similarly, historical environments in our cities have been exposed to negative changes and some of them have faced to completely destroy as result of wrong decisions and application. Karaman Castle Settlement, which is the historical and archaeological center of the city, is one of the most important areas in terms of the city's history, culture, and architecture. In this study, the morphological analysis of the traditional residential area of the Karaman Castle Settlement, which does not exist today, was done; and 3-D reconstruction models were re-created with obtained data. Documentation has been done on the lost cultural and architectural heritage base on this 3-D visualization. Within the scope of this thesis, Karaman Traditional House architecture was examined to determine the planning codes and architecture of the castle settlement and to set down the factors that caused their destroyed. Unlike the architectural features of the Karaman city houses, it has been determined that the houses in the Karaman Castle Settlement are mostly built with a mabeyn plan type, single storey, flat earth roof, and constructed with mud brick masonry. Traditional residential area of Karaman Castle settlement has been analyzed with the space syntax method, which helps to understand the relationship between the buildings and city dwellers. Depthmap X and Agraph programs were used for the analysis. The program used for the space syntax method is used to understand the transportation network of the space. Direction of findings of the research, a 3-D reconstruction of the Castle Settlement was re-created using ESRI CityEngine to visualize the data of the historical environment and to understand the working principle of the system. Thanks to the this study, it is thought that the structural features and value of the Karaman Castle Settlement will be revealed, and the evaluation and revitalization of the area will explore the cities with similar characteristic structures. This thesis is aimed to contribute to the development preservation concept of the historical environment, urban sites, and the construction and planning studies for the historical environment.