Preferences for Facades of Historic Building: Example of Gevaş, Turkey

Abstract

In this study, research of Akdamar Church, İzzettin Şir Mosque, Halime Hatun Vault, Altınsaç Village Churches, St. Thomas Church, Garmravank Church and Deveboynu Monastery located in the Gevaş district of Van province in Turkey.Facades of historic buildings are a valuable aspect of the historic landscape aesthetics despite on that literature about the facades of this type of buildings is rare. 412 questionary has been done in online sessions. Results showed that restored building facades have more preferred than others, factor analyses yield 3 different factors based on the preference scores. Based on the preference for photos and photo ratio analyses regression analyses have shown doom and tree ratios are a significant aspect of the preference for historic landscapes. Results showed preservation is an essential aspect of the preferences of Historic buildings.