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Figure 6. Street view towards the church
It is used as Icon Museum. All of the outdoor space covered by
hard surface and it is unbearable during the day, because there
is nine months summer in Cyprus (Figure 7).
Figure 7. Icon Museum
Although the street and the square have potential to be used for
tourist purposes for economic gain to the city, due to the
physical and functional obsolescence, they are useless with the
existing situation.
3. DETERMINATION OF THE REVITALIZATION
TYPES
Conservation of historic urban quarters has to be considered not
as a straightforward and restrictive concern with preservation
but a concern with Revitalization and Enhancement. Since a
historic area is a part of the economic dynamism, it should be
able to compete with the rest of the city, and without being
revitalized this would not be possible (Lichfield, 1988).
The determination of physical and functional qualities of the
surveyed street as a result of the analysis will be followed with
the decision of revitalization types in both means of physical
and functional revitalization. In this course, obsolescence type
and development dynamics of the area must be searched to
determine the revitalization types.
In accordance with the general obsolescence classifications;
physical/structural, functional, locational, image and
official/legal; obsolescence types and level of the street will be
determined (Tiesdell, 1996). As a result of the physical analysis
it is discovered that there are some buildings in the surveyed
street having physical/structural deterioration, which leads
obsolescence. Besides most of them fail to meet the
contemporary standards and the requirement of the user, besides
inadequacy of central heating, air conditioning and other
contemporary facilities that are the deterrents of functional
obsolescence. And also the general characteristics and the
attributes of the street having organic tissue with narrow
organization create unfavorable conditions and strengthen the
functional obsolescence in other means. As a result of the
mentioned attributes above the surveyed street as a general
perception can be determined as having a high level of
obsolescence.
Determination of type and degree of obsolescence, which is not
much concerned about, during problem definition and
description of historic urban areas, is essential for sustainability
of conservation (Doratli & Onal, 1999).
Every place or different parts of cities as well as historic areas
have their own characteristics and dynamics. With proper
identification of development dynamics, it is possible to prevent
wrong decisions related to revitalization. The surveyed area is
more or less stable in terms of development. There is not much
pressure for the demolition of old historic buildings. And the
surveyed street itself has a static state of development dynamics
and there is no demolition of the buildings that align the street.
The further step of this research after the determination of
obsolescence levels and development dynamics is the decision
of revitalization types. As a result of the mentioned attributes
above, the surveyed street needs physical and economic
revitalization. Upon the physical obsolescence of the buildings,
they need a physical intervention to ensure the continued
performance of their structure and fabric is what called
refurbishment. And some of the buildings need conversion in
order to make the street one of the magnet points of this historic
urban quarter since it has a potential in terms of location and
different physical characteristics. This might be a short-term
strategy in order to improve the infrastructure and
environmental conditions to increase confidence in the area.
In this course, in order to make this street sustainable, since the
physical revitalization only may not be a long run provision,
being only a cosmetic intervention, there is a need for economic
revitalization as well (Leigh & Fitzgerald, 2002).
Depending on the physical and functional obsolescence and the
static state of development dynamics, the surveyed street needs
a ‘functional diversification’ that the existing uses is kept to
some extend and some new uses are introduced as a long term
strategy. There will be a limited restructuring and some new
uses to synchronize and support the existing economic base
(Doratli & Onal, 1999).
In the following part of this study, a proposal will be generated
in accordance with the decisions mentioned above.
4.PROPOSAL
As a result of physical and functional analysis and the
determination of the revitalization types, a proposal is generated
to enhance the qualities of the Limanarkasi. The proposal
includes two types of revitalization: Physical Revitalization and
Economic Revitalization. Social Revitalization do not include
in this decision since it is considered in the Economic
Revitalization.
