Özet:

By examining the research problem of whether the industrial heritage structure, whose original function has been terminated (discontinued) can be adapted to a changing spatial program and organization, the adaptive reuse of the remained inactive industrial heritage shell as a cultural place has been examined within the scope of the original project and restoration project of the building, in particular, Sakarya Art Gallery. In the restoration process, within the scope of the new possible function of the building, the interventions in the “shell” structure and the characteristics of the spatial transformations are the main subject of the discussion. First of all, the place of the sample in the historical development and its original use, the recovery process after abandonment and its temporary uses, the re-functionalization process and its current uses were explained. Subsequent, via the “SWOT” analysis, the functioning processes of the industrial heritage buildings were analyzed in a general framework, and based on this analysis, the original and current architectural project data of the selected building were examined by the method of “comparative study”. The workers’ club and cafeteria building of the Agricultural Tools and Machinery Factories Institution, which was built in Adapazarı in 1944, is selected as a case sample. Qualitative research methods consisting of literature review, institutional and personal archive analysis, on-site observation, photographing and field survey are used in the study. In the analyses and evaluations, photographs showing the old-current condition of the building, drawings and images obtained from the relevant municipalities, and current studies on the area constitute the research materials. In-depth examination of the sample building by comparing the original and restoration project processes showed the multidimensionality and complexity of presenting the current program by re-evaluating historical, modern and heritage buildings. The approach of the old building as a shell in the creative industry-oriented transformation, which includes informal education and artistic production programs as an Art Gallery, has been revealed. Since the building was not one of the leading production structures of the factory campus during its initial construction, it could not accommodate practices that directly revive the industrial image in the collective memory, such as preserving the raw material circulation trace and displaying the original technical equipment on site. The concept of the “box within a box” used in the refunctioning, specially preserved exterior and interior, transformed an old industrial building into a new exhibition space. Considered in terms of adaptive reuse, this project meets the criterion of flexibility due to its spatial organization, which allows variation according to the intended use. This study is also important in terms of being a source for evaluation criteria in the preparation of re-functioning projects and/or examining existing projects and further contributing to the literature of urban history and architecture.

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