Exploring lost spaces towards regaining them for urban life: The case of Konya historical city center

The functions, values, and meanings of cities, which have been in constant change transformation throughout history, are changing response to rapidly conditions, particularly recent times. areas where this can be observed most concretely generally urban spaces. Some places the city, cannot keep up with speed, may lose their structural or functional use over time remain idle when they not fed equipped suitable activities that will integrate environmental character bring vitality. Therefore, within very valuable land, become lost spaces for city. It seems important regain such rhythm daily life, considering strong economic, social, physical potential, as well being lost. From point view, aim study is identify historical city center Konya, was chosen sample area, space(s) should intervened priority among identified Trancik method used find area using detailed analysis. With help figure-ground, linkage, place theories Roger Trancik's book titled "Finding Lost Space: Theories Urban Design" (1986), both morphological analyses (figure-ground linkage analyses) questionnaires cognitive maps were understand "place" measure its perceptibility. research carried out a total 50 people random sampling technique. Then, scope study, all findings obtained from synthesized, determined. Among these spaces, Kılıçarslan Square environs determined undetected, unused, disliked, first intervention requested by participants. This result underlines necessity saving an public space heart current transition it more effectively through scientific evidence. effective use, reintroduced