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Yazarlar: Pınar ÖKTEM ERKARTAL

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Reconstruction,Urban Preservation,Urban Memory,Post-War Rehabilitation,Münster

Özet: The city is composed of architectural layers which reflect the culture, social structure, architectural aesthetics and construction technology of the period in which they emanated. Each stage, occurred spontaneously by development of the architectural layers in the historical continuity or by sudden metamorphoses depending on the external dynamics, has the characteristic of a historical document. The concept of preservation is extremely important for the transfer of the immovable cultural property constituting the urban memory from generation to generation. One of the controversies in this discipline is the reconstruction notion within which different applications can be seen inside and outside of the country. As one of the most damaged cities in Germany after the Second World War, Münster constitutes a valuable example for the sudden change of architectural layers and the reconstruction process after this transition. The historic city center has been rebuilt by several reconstruction projects in keeping with the city's existing medieval urban plan and has been expanded with new buildings with intent to remove the social bad memories, to preserve the lost history of the city, to win a place in the world heritage and to make citizens feel attached to the place. This study aims to summarize the approach to reconstruction in the urban conservation discipline, to discuss the new-/ re-construction problematic in the post-war process and to underline the sensitive points on the subject by examining the case of Münster where the urban continuity is provided by reconstruction projects, which were realized with the participation of the entire population and have been important catalysts for transforming the badly damaged urban pattern into a habitable zone.

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