A Research on the Continuity of Rural Heritage: The Case of Hisar？zü Village

The village of Hisar？zü in G？ynük town of Bolu Province was selected as a case study in the context of the sustainability of rural heritage. The literature review was conducted for the area; however, insufficient data was reached. Therefore, direct investigation and photography on the existing buildings in the urban fabric, interviews with the inhabitants and the analysis of rural areas were carried out during the field visits. Rural properties of the village were not lost and the original character of architecture heritage substantially preserved. When the field study was finished, it is observed that the number of inhabitants is few, the structural safety of the building is good but most of them are obsolete due to the socio-cultural effects such as migration to larger settlements, multi shareholdings, and energy saving issues. Moreover, it is deduced that all storehouse buildings are vacant whereas the some of the haylofts are still being used by the inhabitants working on the husbandry. In the research there are four phases in the methodology. In the first part, the rural architecture, heritage, and conservation were discussed. In the second part, the historical development, physical, social, economic properties and rural architecture of G？ynük which is retained between the urban-rural interface and of the Hisar？zü Village were elucidated. Later, the conservation and sustainability problems of the rural architecture in the village were addressed. Finally, the suggestions on conserving and sustaining the rural architecture were suggested