A Method for Evaluating Cultural Perception Performance in the Re-Use of Monumental Buildings

Re-use is one of the conservation methods used to meet changing and evolving needs for historical cultural heritage that cannot be social, cultural, or socio-economic reasons with its original function. One most important issues in re-use right balance between functional change, ensuring continuity value originality building. In line this perspective, paper aims determine perception performance a re-functioned building how user perceives authenticity values. Within scope research, criteria measuring via users are tested on example H??vahan, which monumental historic urban site Gaziantep re-used as hotel restaurant. The study descriptive terms research design. methodology consists two stages: Creating analysing testing these users. A questionnaire interview technique was test criteria. evaluated within authenticity, symbolic, value. offers new perspective restoration re-functioning framework sustainability.