The building was originally designed as a school of architecture and still accommodates the same function. Particularly for that reason, it has been well preserved over the last 60 years; yet there are challenges. Some of the problems this building faces apply to almost all the early 20th century Modern Architecture buildings, and some of them are very unique to this case. The daily population of the Faculty of Architecture is around 2000 people, including the students, staff and the service support; and the number of students is increasing annually.
Ankara has a very hard climate with very drastic temperature changes both daily and annually. New building codes, comfort demands, and IC technologies introduce additional infrastructural requirements. As a result, the building runs the risk of losing its authenticity due to poor workmanship and the lack of skilled maintenance. The roots of the wild trees growing in the courtyards, random irrigations and the humidity generated by the interior and exterior decorative pools also form a rather unconventional list of threats for the building. This list can be expanded to include the recent campus sustainability projects that have been initiated by the different departments of the university.
More important than all these, the ideological shifts and the rapid growth of the city with its new highways, underground transportation systems and additional urban functions are threatening the integrity of the campus and this building complex. Moreover, 20th century architecture is not of particular interest in Turkish authorities, where the definition of historical heritage is quite narrowly set within a time limit up to the late 19th century. Today the building is at considerable risk for more specific reasons by which the premises of Modernity and thus Modern Architecture have now been openly challenged in tune with Turkey’s highly volatile cultural climate. Within this context, the necessity for a daring conservation planning method became evident and in parallel to research activities the research team took the initiative of a wide dissemination project under the title “International Awareness.”
此建築原先是被設計成建築系館，至今仍然保持著相同的功能，也正因為這樣的功能，他在過去的60年得到良好的保存，但也面臨著一些挑戰。這座建築所面臨的一些問題適用於幾乎所有20世紀初現代建築，而有些問題則非常特定於這個案例。建築學院的日常人口約為2000人，包括學生、教職員工和服務支持人員；而學生人數每年都在增加。
安卡拉的氣候非常嚴酷，每日和每年的溫度變化都非常劇烈。新的建築法規、舒適需求和信息技術引入了額外的基礎設施需求。由於施工粗糙和專業素養不足，該建築有失去其真實性的風險。生長在庭院的野樹根系、隨意的灌溉和室內和室外裝飾池所產生的潮濕，也形成了對該建築相當不尋常的威脅。這擴展到大學不同部門發起的校園可持續發展項目。
比這一切都更重要的是，城市的意識形態轉變以及城市的快速增長，包括新的高速公路、地下交通系統和額外的城市功能，正在威脅校園的完整性以及這個建築群。此外，20世紀的建築在土耳其當局中並不特別引起興趣，他們對歷史遺產的定義相當狹隘，僅限於19世紀末之前。
如今，出於土耳其極具波動性的文化氛圍，現代性的原則和現代建築的理念受到公然挑戰，因此該建築現在面臨更具體的風險。在這種情況下，一種大膽的保存規劃方法的必要性變得明顯，並且與研究活動並行，研究團隊發起了一個名為“國際意識”的大規模推廣項目。
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