Adaptive Reuse of Historical Buildings Using ARP Model: The Case of Qishla Castle in Koya City

Preserving historical buildings is a very essential aspect as these represent sociocultural indicators of the past. Historic may lose their function during life stages and become deserted. Adaptive reuse way to sustain building by changing its according area needs current context. Qishla Castle one Koya, Iraq’s most important buildings. In addition cultural status, it has an geographic location in city center. This paper aims test potentiality reusing this building. The Reuse Potentiality ARP model was applied Koya. To apply area, working prepared, including set questions estimate obsolescence attributes, were answered based on survey interviews with experts. Results obtained from experts showed that constructed solidly high level quality despite obsolescence. Building physical estimated at 250 years, age 152 useful 161 value 62.24%, is, potential for adaptive reuse.