Osmaneli kentsel sit alanı içindeki iki farklı dokunun karşılaştırılması ve alan için koruma önerileri

Abstract

Osmaneli has many geographic advantages such as being settled near Sakarya river, having prosperus agricultural areas, being located on the crossroad of trade routes and close to big cities like İstanbul, Adapazarı, Eskişehir, Ankara, Bursa. It is well-known that first settlements in Osmaneli goes back to 1000s BC. Osmaneli has been home for ancient civilizations throughout history and an important center due to its location on Silk Road. In Osmaneli, Greeks and Turkish people have lived together until population Exchange in 1924. After the independence war Greeks of Turkish nationality have left the town. In 1874, Osmaneli had a great fire and almost 1000 residential buildings had burnt down out of 1200 as stated in different references. After the fire, the destroyed area was rebuilt upon a grid plan. As a consequence, both organic and grid plans continued to exist in the urban historic site. In this thesis, urban analyses have been made in building and enviromental scale to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the area. Various aspects of physical properties of two different urban contexts have been compared and various proposals for the rehabilitation of the site have been developed. Key words: Southern Marmara Traditional Houses, Production Space In House, Grid-Iron Plan, Traditional Organic Urban Fabric, Rehabilitation.