A Framework on urban design strategies for sustainability of cultural and historical dimension in urban landscape
Date
2007Author
Celikyay, Selma and Donmez, Sirin and Kocan, Nurhan and Ekiz, Emine and
Aydin, Pinar and Cetinkale, Sevgi Gormus
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Cultural heritage is the accumulation of tangible and intangible values
stemming from human creativity and interaction between societies, since
the beginning of human life on earth. Historical environments and
historical city textures are tangible documents of cultural heritage
which created and formed places. It is necessary to comprehend
historical environment in which we live. Historical environments are
like open space museums which exhibit their own selves. Cultural
identity and cultural heritage are hidden in historical environment
which is a major document demonstrating and reflecting cultural
identity. It is time historical heritage should have been protected and
cultural heritage should have been transmitted to the next generation.
It is essential that planners, architectures, landscape architectures,
and others whoever studies on urban issues should recognize the need to
provide the sustainability of cultural identity. Cultural heritage
should be transmitted to the next generation as it has been transmitted
from past generation to the present. Both urban planning and every kind
of design are the scenarios related to community or individuals. Thus,
land use decisions and spatial decisions should consider current
tendencies of community as much as it should take into account of
transmitting of natural and cultural values to the future. Urban design
is the best tool to provide sustainability of historical and cultural
heritage. In this paper, a framework on urban design studies for
sustainability of cultural heritage in historical environment has been
presented. This framework has a systematic approach on urban design and
sustainability point of view from the beginning to the end of the
decision and design process.