Investigation of the Conservation Practices of Historical Environments within Urban Landscape Design: Beypazari Case Study

Historical environments are cultural values which contact between past and the today. They have historical, artistic, documentary, functional, etc. values. They have an important role upon the identity of today’s ordinary cities becoming similar structures. For these values and importance, they have been preserved and necessary attention and restoration done. Recently, it has been emphasized that for the conservation of the physical and socio-cultural structure, conservation plans are inadequate and protective administrative plans and models are necessary. For this reason, in this study the aim is the examining of the relationship between the conservation and landscape architecture during the conservation and renovation practices of the historical environment. Beypazar Historical Settlement having a historical texture has been chosen for the study area. To determine the theoretical basis of the investigation, literature have been reviewed on the issues including historical environment, urban landscape design, conservation and renovation and Beypazar , the survey and the SWOT(Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Treatments) Analysis on the area done, as a result of data analysis and evaluation for Beypazar sample the urban design principles and the local administration model were suggested. It is concluded that the local administration is responsible for the conservation and the renovation practices rather than the central administration, conservation should be considered so as to include buildings, gardens, streets, texture and whole city and these buildings have a determining role on urban identity.