Atik Valide Complex is one of the latest works of Mimar Sinan built in Üsküdar. It is also the largest building group built in Anatolian side of Istanbul by Sinan. It consists of many different type of buildings like a mosque, madrasah, dervish lodge, primary school, darülhadis and darülkurra (Islamic schools), imaret (charity organization), hospital and a Turkish bath. The complex which was reused for many different purposes in the past, involved in a restoration process in the 2000’s. Hospital section of the complex is adapted to reuse as an education building now to be used as a part of an existing university. During the restoration applications, all over the facade were cladded with a blue toned spider glass. This design blocked the perception of the original porticoes, proportions of the windows, and even the floor slab level, caused the building to be seen as a glass mass. In addition, this glass facade cladding caused the semi-open space with the portico in the courtyard to turn into an indoor space, causing the spatial qualities of the building to disappear. Afterwards, the facade was renewed with a different restoration approach upon the negative public reactions. In the new design, the glass spider cladding removed completely, the porticoes were turned into semi-open spaces again. Within the scope of the study, two different facade designs applied in the complex were evaluated. Qualified examples of the use of glass surfaces in adaptive reuse projects in our country and worldwide have been examined. ORCID NO: 0000-0001-7448-9281, 0000-0001-6337-9087
Anahtar Kelimeler: adaptive reuse, conservation, historical hospitals
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