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  • Master Thesis
    Optimization of Energy Consumption and Thermal Comfort in Historic Buildings: Case Study of İzmir National Library Building, Türkiye
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023) Durmuş Arsan, Zeynep; Gökçen Akkurt, Gülden; Durmuş Arsan, Zeynep; Gökçen Akkurt, Gülden; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 03.06. Department of Energy Systems Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology; 02. Faculty of Architecture
    The 'library,' as a building type, is the visiting space of researchers and storage space of wisdom of past and present thinkers. Historic libraries host unique pieces of cultural heritage such as books, manuscripts, documents, maps, artifacts, paintings, sculptures, and frescos from the previous generations. The thesis aims to reduce energy consumption and improve occupants' comfort while paying attention to degradation risks of paper-based collections in the historic İzmir National Library Building, Türkiye. Thus, it examines building retrofit actions with different impact criteria and conducts the optimization tool to define the most optimal ones. First, three degradation risk assessment procedures were determined for the paper-based collections of the İzmir National Library Building. Within the scope of the thesis, the library building was monitored between 01.10.2016 - 01.10.2017. According to the results of the monitoring process, mechanical, chemical and biological degradation risk analyzes were carried out. The digital simulation model of İzmir National Library was prepared in DesignBuilder v. 7.0.0.102 software and calibrated monthly for a year via hourly air temperature data. Three retrofit optimization scenarios, i.e. neutral, low and high risk impact criteria, were defined by grouping different design variables such as glazing type, exterior door material, pitched roof floor construction, exterior wall construction, heating set point and cooling set point of HVAC system. The objective of optimization was reducing energy consumption and discomfort hours at the same time. The simulation results showed that all three retrofit actions reduced energy consumption and discomfort hours. Scenario 3 was the most successful among other scenarios, providing energy savings by 26.6% and reducing discomfort hours by 80.3%, according to the base case. Besides, there was no significant change in the degradation risk analyzes according to the base case.
  • Master Thesis
    Restoration and Presentation of Byzantine Defense Structures in Cilicia
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Hamamcıoğlu Turan, Mine; Kenar, Aylin; Turan, Mine; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology; 02.01. Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage; 02. Faculty of Architecture
    The aim of this study is to evaluate current restorations and presentations of Byzantine defense structures in terms of sustaining and enhancement of the cultural heritage values and their success in solving conservation problems. So, better management of future interventions may be possible. Case study approach was undertaken: Three castle ruins in Cilicia, Turkey were focused on: Yılan and Feke castles and Kızkalesi in Korykos. The cases are located in the present-day rural areas. They are restored recently. The study consists of literature review, site survey, documentation and analysis of geographic characteristics, historic background, morphologic characteristics, construction technique and material usage and conservation activities of the case studies, identification of the cultural heritage values and conservation problems before and after interventions at the landscape, site and building scales; and discussion of the effects of the interventions on values and problems in comparison with case studies from abroad. As a result, it was determined that interventions were either unsystematic or implemented more than necessary. There is lack of a holistic approach for interventions. While some portions were intervened, others were left in-situ without any interventions. There is a tendency for reconstruction and reintegration in general. It was seen that current interventions either sustain already accumulated cultural heritage values or they have negative impact on them. Consequently, enhancement of values is not observed. Meanwhile, some of the conservation problems were ignored.
  • Master Thesis
    Conservation Aimed Evaluation of the Bath Ruin in Gülbahçe, Urla, İzmir
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Hamamcıoğlu Turan, Mine; Turan, Mine; 02.01. Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    This study takes into consideration a historic geothermal spring bath house on the coast of Gülbahçe bay in Urla, İzmir. The aim is to identify its cultural asset values and architectural conservation problems. Gülbahçe thermal spring bath house is a historic monument that has preserved its bathing function for health purpose. It is part of the geothermal spring bath group in Urla-Seferihisar region, which is famous with its geothermal sources. The modest structure has preserved its authentic characteristics such as rubbles tone masonry walls exposed without plastering and dimly lighted bathing space circumscribing a pool. Its rubble stone and cement mortar vault reflect the repair attitude of the early Republican era. The monument integrates with its natural setting in between a Mediterranean coated mount and the coast. So, the methodology includes tachometric documentation of the bath house, its visual analysis, historical research and archive research, identification of similar bath houses in Urla-Seferihisar region, comparative study with these similar bath houses, evaluation of the cultural asset values and conservation problems, and proposal for restoration of the bath house.it represents the thermal bathing tradition in the geothermal region of Urla-Seferihisar together with the other baths in Cumalı, Karakoç, Kelalan and Ilıksu. Being positioned within the campus area of İzmir Institute of Technology gives privilege to the monument in terms of its restoration possibility. It will be first scientifically restored thermal spring bath house in its region. As a result, this study carries importance in terms of understanding of the Gülbahçe geothermal spring bath house, and illuminate the way for future studies on vernacular Anatolian bath houses.
  • Master Thesis
    Seismic Analysis of an Ancient Lighthouse by Meso-Scale Modeling Technique
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Gözün, Safiyullah Üveys; Dönmez, Cemalettin; Özdemir, İzzet; Özdemir, İzzet; Dönmez, Cemalettin; 03.03. Department of Civil Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Modeling masonry structures has always been a difficult subject due to the lack of information about the behavior, the heterogeneity of the masonry materials and complex geometries of masonry structures. In terms of the computational costs and complexity, several methods are proposed in the literature. In this thesis, the capabilities of the meso-scale modeling technique are investigated by means of two experiments selected from the literature and the seismic response of an ancient lighthouse. Brick and mortar type structure is idealized as expanded units surrounded by zero thickness cohesive interfaces representing the mortar behavior. This means that the failure of mortar layers is considered explicitly by means of cohesive surfaces whereas the mechanical response of expanded units is described by Drucker-Prager/Cap model. This approach is used to simulate the in-plane and the outof-plane behavior of masonry walls reported in the literature. After validating the models with the experimental results, implicit-dynamic time history analyses of an ancient lighthouse are conducted by using 2 different earthquake records. The influence of mortar properties on the energy dissipation mechanisms and collapse pattern of the structure are investigated by means of a parametric study. As an attempt to identify the critical earthquake level corresponding to the initiation of sliding within the lighthouse, a set of additional analyses are conducted with scaled earthquake records.