Adaptive Reuse of the Industrial Building: A case of Energy Museum in Sanatistanbul, Turkey

Industrial buildings as an example of cultural heritage transforms our cultural identity
from past to the present and even for the future. Unfortunately, there are lots of
industrial building which lost its function by converting the place to live and
identifiable place. This research will clarify the reasons of conserving of the industrial
heritage and by classification of international charters which are dealing with
industrial heritage will introduce conservation methods for adaptive reuse of industrial
buildings. As a case study, the research will focus on Energy Museum in Istanbul. To
assess the building based on reusing principals. The study concludes that Energy
Museum is one of the successful examples of reuse of the building. It also concludes
that less intervention in reusing a building can save the identity of the building.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2017) 1(1), 24-34.
https://doi.org/10.25034/1761.1(1)24-34