Proposal of new fonction for the conservation of Unkapanı flour mill's industrial heritage

PROPOSAL OF NEW FONCTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF UNKAPANI FLOUR MILL'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE Leyla REŞİTOĞLU Master Thesis, Department of Architecture Advisor: Dr. Gülferah ÖRS ÇORAPÇIOĞLU October 2019, 135 Page Industrial heritages are the structures and fields that carries important details and messages to our present with the architectural language of the time they have been constructed, technical details, production marks and also with the social, cultural and economical structure. With the developments of technology, transformation of the production types and environmental conditions; refunctioning and protecting the industrial heritages that remained inert for a long time are now a topic of discussion in the world and in our country. Accordingly, in this thesis, the protection of both the concrete and abstract values of the industrial heritages that has been transformed to refunction problem has been covered. In the study, examples of the industrial heritage structures and fields that has been repaired and now functioning has been examined, the repairment applications and suitability to the originals has been compared and evaluated. Within the scope of the thesis, in order to give new function suggestions, the flour factory of Ottoman, Unkapanı Flour Mill which is located in Istanbul, Fatih, Unkapanı become the subject of our thesis and the documents has been recorded. Inventory tickets has been filled, field survey has been supported with mappings and photography and all has been documented. In the phase of suggestions for new ways to refunction the heritage, conservation of the unique architectural details and highlighting the importance of the new function has been the main objective. In the new function suggestion, new functions and place design has been explained and supported with operation and intervention directives. Key Words: Industrial heritage, conservation, renovation, Unkapanı flour mill.