Historical Station and Administration Building in the Intersection of Baghdad Railway and Konya Irrigation Project in the City Identity of Çumra

Mine Sungur; Huriye Alp Koç

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Historical Station and Administration Building in the Intersection of Baghdad Railway and Konya Irrigation Project in the City Identity of Çumra

Yazarlar:

Mine Sungur | Huriye Alp Koç

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

İç Mimarlık | Mimari Tarih | Teori ve Eleştiri

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.353-372

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339119

pISSN:

2146-9229

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Özet:

 Urban identity is a set of meaningful images that carry city-specific characteristics from the past to the future. The railway architecture, which has a monumental feature for the historical identity of the city, is a complex consisting of buildings such a station structure, lodging, administration building, water tank and warehouse. However, although station buildings, which are among the important parts of urban identity, are intensively addressed in the literature as a research area, ignoring works such as lodgings, water tanks and administration buildings built to support station structures negatively affects the integrity of urban identity. If these original and historically important structures are not sufficiently researched and documented or if they are not in compliance with the protection principles after registration, they are in danger of falling into ruin or even destroyed. Therefore, the research of structures built to support station structures, which are an inseparable part of urban identity, has been determined as the problem of the study. The administration building was constructed by the Germans between 1907 and 1914 in the Çumra district of Konya province, during the construction of the Baghdad Railway and Konya Irrigation Facility. The administration building was chosen as the research area because it was the first building constructed alongside the station building when Çumra was first appearing and because it influenced the development of the citys identity and raised awareness of it today. The study employed a review of the literature, fieldwork, and current situation analysis techniques. In the field study, limited data from various scientific sources, pertinent people, and organizations were combined with on-site observation, interviews, and detection studies. According to a scenario analysis based on comparison and evaluation, maintaining the buildings original condition, which captures the political, social, and cultural aspects of the era in which it was constructed through its architectural style, entails maintaining the urban identity. Even though the building was registered, it was found that it had undergone modifications that might have taken away from its originality. Consequently, it is imperative to document these buildings with additional scientific analyses concerning their architectural nature and the citys monumental and symbolic elements in order to preserve the citys identity for future railway architecture projects throughout Anatolia.

 Urban identity is a set of meaningful images that carry city-specific characteristics from the past to the future. The railway architecture, which has a monumental feature for the historical identity of the city, is a complex consisting of buildings such a station structure, lodging, administration building, water tank and warehouse. However, although station buildings, which are among the important parts of urban identity, are intensively addressed in the literature as a research area, ignoring works such as lodgings, water tanks and administration buildings built to support station structures negatively affects the integrity of urban identity. If these original and historically important structures are not sufficiently researched and documented or if they are not in compliance with the protection principles after registration, they are in danger of falling into ruin or even destroyed. Therefore, the research of structures built to support station structures, which are an inseparable part of urban identity, has been determined as the problem of the study. The administration building was constructed by the Germans between 1907 and 1914 in the Çumra district of Konya province, during the construction of the Baghdad Railway and Konya Irrigation Facility. The administration building was chosen as the research area because it was the first building constructed alongside the station building when Çumra was first appearing and because it influenced the development of the citys identity and raised awareness of it today. The study employed a review of the literature, fieldwork, and current situation analysis techniques. In the field study, limited data from various scientific sources, pertinent people, and organizations were combined with on-site observation, interviews, and detection studies. According to a scenario analysis based on comparison and evaluation, maintaining the buildings original condition, which captures the political, social, and cultural aspects of the era in which it was constructed through its architectural style, entails maintaining the urban identity. Even though the building was registered, it was found that it had undergone modifications that might have taken away from its originality. Consequently, it is imperative to document these buildings with additional scientific analyses concerning their architectural nature and the citys monumental and symbolic elements in order to preserve the citys identity for future railway architecture projects throughout Anatolia.

 Urban identity is a set of meaningful images that carry city-specific characteristics from the past to the future. The railway architecture, which has a monumental feature for the historical identity of the city, is a complex consisting of buildings such a station structure, lodging, administration building, water tank and warehouse. However, although station buildings, which are among the important parts of urban identity, are intensively addressed in the literature as a research area, ignoring works such as lodgings, water tanks and administration buildings built to support station structures negatively affects the integrity of urban identity. If these original and historically important structures are not sufficiently researched and documented or if they are not in compliance with the protection principles after registration, they are in danger of falling into ruin or even destroyed. Therefore, the research of structures built to support station structures, which are an inseparable part of urban identity, has been determined as the problem of the study. The administration building was constructed by the Germans between 1907 and 1914 in the Çumra district of Konya province, during the construction of the Baghdad Railway and Konya Irrigation Facility. The administration building was chosen as the research area because it was the first building constructed alongside the station building when Çumra was first appearing and because it influenced the development of the citys identity and raised awareness of it today. The study employed a review of the literature, fieldwork, and current situation analysis techniques. In the field study, limited data from various scientific sources, pertinent people, and organizations were combined with on-site observation, interviews, and detection studies. According to a scenario analysis based on comparison and evaluation, maintaining the buildings original condition, which captures the political, social, and cultural aspects of the era in which it was constructed through its architectural style, entails maintaining the urban identity. Even though the building was registered, it was found that it had undergone modifications that might have taken away from its originality. Consequently, it is imperative to document these buildings with additional scientific analyses concerning their architectural nature and the citys monumental and symbolic elements in order to preserve the citys identity for future railway architecture projects throughout Anatolia.

 Kent kimliği geçmişten geleceğe kente özgü nitelikler taşıyan anlam yüklü imgeler bütünüdür. Kentin tarihsel kimliği için anıtsal özelliğe sahip demiryolu mimarisi; istasyon yapısı, lojman, yönetim binası, su deposu, ambar gibi binalardan oluşan bir komplekstir. Fakat kent kimliğinin önemli parçaları arasında yer alan istasyon binaları araştırma alanı olarak literatürde yoğun bir şekilde ele alınmasına rağmen, istasyon yapılarına destek amaçlı inşa edilen lojmanlar, su depoları, yönetim binaları gibi eserlerin göz ardı edilmesi kent kimliğinin bütünselliğini olumsuz etkilemektedir. Özgün ve tarihi öneme sahip bu yapıların yeterli düzeyde araştırılıp belgelendirilmemesi ya da tescillenme sonrası koruma esaslarına uygun olmayan müdahaleler ile tahrip olma hatta yok olma tehlikesiyle karşı karşıyadır. Bu yüzden kent kimliğinin ayrılmaz parçası olan istasyon yapılarına destek amaçlı yapılan yapıların araştırılması, çalışma problemi olarak belirlenmiştir. Çalışmada Konya ili, Çumra ilçesinde yer alan, 1907-1914 yılları arasında Bağdat Demiryolu ve Konya Sulama Tesisi inşaatı sürecinde Almanlar tarafından yapılan, günümüzde Devlet Su İşleri DSİ Çumra Bölge Müdürlüğü tarafından misafirhane olarak hizmet eden yönetim binasının mekânsal ve cephesel durumunun tespit edilmesi çalışma konusu olarak ele alınmıştır. Yönetim binası, Çumra kentinin oluşum sürecinde istasyon binası ile birlikte inşa edilen ilk yapı özelliği taşıması, kent kimlik oluşumundaki etkisi ve günümüzde bilinirliğinin arttırılması amacıyla araştırma alanı olarak seçilmiştir. Çalışmada literatür taraması, saha çalışması ve mevcut durum analizi yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Birkaç bilimsel kaynak ve ilgili kişi ve kurumlardan elde edilen sınırlı veriler saha çalışmasındaki yerinde gözlem, görüşme ve tespit çalışmaları ile harmanlanmıştır. Karşılaştırma ve değerlendirmeye dayalı bir durum analizi sonucunda yapıldığı dönemin ekonomik, politik ve kültürel özelliğini mimari üslubuyla yansıtan yapının özgün haliyle korunması kentsel kimliğin korunması anlamına gelmektedir. Yapı tescillenmesine rağmen özgünlüğünü kaybettirebilecek müdahaleler ile karşı karşıya olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu nedenle mimari karakteri ile kentin simgesi ve anıtsal özelliği göstermesi açısından bu tür yapıların daha fazla bilimsel çalışmalarla kayıt altına alınması, Anadoluda yer alan diğer demiryolu mimarisi yapıları için de kent kimliğinin devamlılığı açısından gereklidir.

Makale detayları

Historical Station and Administration Building in the Intersection of Baghdad Railway and Konya Irrigation Project in the City Identity of Çumra

Yazarlar:

Mine Sungur | Huriye Alp Koç

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

İç Mimarlık | Mimari Tarih | Teori ve Eleştiri

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.353-372

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339119

pISSN:

2146-9229

Çumra

Baghdad Railway

Konya Irrigation Project

Administration ProjectÇumra

Bağdat Demiryolu

Konya Sulama Projesi

Yönetim Binası

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Mine Sungur | Huriye Alp Koç

Yayıncı: Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar: İç Mimarlık | Mimari Tarih | Teori ve Eleştiri

Dergi: Kent Akademisi Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.353-372

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001339119

pISSN: 2146-9229

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mine Sungur | Huriye Alp Koç

Yayıncı:

Ahmet FİDAN

Ana Başlıklar:

İç Mimarlık | Mimari Tarih | Teori ve Eleştiri

Dergi:

Kent Akademisi Vol.18 Issue 1, pp.353-372

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001339119

pISSN:

2146-9229