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THE CONTRIBUTION OF REUSE OF HISTORICAL
BUILDINGS FOR THE URBAN RESILIENCE:
THE CASE OF MANİSA KURŞUNLU HAN

Demet GÜLHAN

ABSTRACT
The most basic feature that makes cities resilient is their capacity to maintain
the historical-cultural-natural and aesthetic values that have given them a
characteristic identity, which they have developed in the process since their
establishment. The concept of “resistance” was first used by Holling in 1973 in
environmental sciences, and it was defined as "the ability to meet deterioration
and change without losing the relationship between the elements that formed it
before it deteriorated". The pressure of rapid population growth to the world’s
cultural and natural resources, the destroying effects of human beings’ culture
and civilization on flora and fauna, the negative impact of economic development
and industrialization on nature, climate and historic buildings are all breaking
the urban resilience. In addition, it causes the destruction of historical structures,
which are very important to be transferred to future generations, which have
hosted different cultures and civilizations, and which serve as a bridge between
the past and the future. Today, architectural structures, which are considered
as an important factor in the formation of resilient cities, are tried to be made
resistant to factors such as global warming and climate change according to
renewed design and planning criteria. However, the high amount of energy and
carbon emissions used to make new buildings resistant inevitably causes global
warming to increase exponentially. In this context, within the scope of this article
the viability of adaptive reuse of historic buildings and the impact it has on urban
resilience. The case of Manisa Kurşunlu Han in Türkiye has been selected in
order to present the viability of adaptive reuse of abandoned historic buildings
and the impact it has on sustainability of existing environment.
Keywords: Urban Resilience, Architectural Resilience, Reuse, Cultural
Heritage, Manisa Kurşunlu Han

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