Diyarbakır Suriçi Geleneksel Evlerinde Koruma Sorunları ve Çözüm Önerileri

Abstract

The traditional houses which are inadequate to provide the contemporary comfort conditions because of the changes in user requirements abandoned by the owners or rented. With this functional alteration, the traditional Diyarbakır houses have become home to the people who moved from rural areas and who had earned their living from agriculture but after moving to the city, naturally become unemployed. Together with this functional alteration, changes which took place in traditional houses due to physical and social reasons results in serious problems in transferring of cultural heritage to the future. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the Diyarbakır houses in Surici region by analyzing plan organization of structures, elevations, materials and construction techniques. Solution proposals are given for conservation by bringing out the problems threatening historical houses in historical site. While providing modern lifestyle conditions to local people the cultural heritage will be conserved as well.