Rethinking Upon Cultural Heritage New Function Proposal for an Adana Traditional House

Culture is a concept encompassing individuals' unique languages, arts, traditions, rituals, and architectural forms, and every society has bequeathed this concept to future generations throughout history. The structures built after the transition to settled life, along with the intangible elements of humankind, provide information about people's architectural, social, and cultural structures. Indeed, the preservation of these elements together is crucial for the safe transmission of cultural heritage to the future. In this context, Adana province, as a place where various societies have carried out their vital activities from the past to the present, possesses a rich cultural heritage. The city's first settlement was Tepebağ Mound, and settlements were established around this mound. Over time, traditional structures have been registered and given inventory numbers for documentation and preservation purposes. The traditional residential structure examined in this study has inventory number 98 and is currently located in Kayalıbağ Neighborhood. The aim of this study is to repurpose this structure, which reflects the traditional Adana residential typology, by considering it together with the city's cultural heritage values, and to propose a new function in this context. Throughout the research, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to establish a conceptual framework, environmental and architectural analyses of the study area and the building in question were carried out to determine the current situation, and based on the data obtained, a proposal for a living museum specific to the city was developed that would allow for the coexistence of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.