Conserving / Not Conserving Cultural Heritage by Using

Abstract

Our neglected heritage faces the risk of destruction after a while. To be able to avoid this, our cultural heritage should be dealt with the sustainable conservation approach. Today, use with new or original functions is recommended as a sustainable conservation approach. However, the use of cultural heritage should be dealt with through an approach in a way that conserves, not exploits them. The aim of the study is to explain adverse use of cultural heritage and the use of them by conserving over the examples. In the extent of the study, it is aimed to determine whether function damages the building, not whether the building provides the functional necessities. In this study from different cities three samples, which are being used with new function or original function has been chosen. The values carried by the samples and the effect of the function on these values were determined. The sample whose values are less or not affected has been used preservingly; the sample whose values were adversely affected was considered as not preserved. It is observed that two of three examples were used by conserving and the other one had problems about conservation. According to this, although the use of cultural heritage in its original function or in new function for sustainable conservation is very crucial, it becomes an ethical problem when the use exploits the cultural heritage beyond conservation purpose.