The Restoration Project and Application Consulting of
İzmir Mithatpaşa Highschool for Industrial Training

Employer

Governorship of  İzmir

Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Ahmet EYÜCE

Responsibles

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Başak İPEKOĞLU (Architect-Restorer)
Inst.Dr. Mine HAMAMCIOĞLU (Architect-Restorer)

Assistants

Deniz GÜNER, İlker ÖZDEL, Ebru KANDİLCİ, İsmet KÖSEOĞLU,
Neşe KÖSE, Çiçek AKTUNA

İzmir Mithatpaşa Highschool for Industrial Training’ is one of the examples of education buildings which were products of Ottoman Modernisation in the late 19^th century. This historic monument was seriously damaged during the fire on March 31 ^th, 1997. Starting from 1891, it was used as an education building until the date of fire. The local autority decided the building to start functioning on October 1997.

The primary approach of the project had been both to conserve the original features and to rehabilitate the damages of fire, and to provide the necessary interventions required by contemporary uses. The fire had caused serious damages on the upper floor, ending at the complete demolition of the timber trussed roof.

First, the structural interventions were made, and then the roof was reconstructed in its original form. The plasters damaged by the fire and the water were renewed with compatetive compositions. The joinery work of the doors and windows were reconstructed of timber. The decoration of ceilings were restored and the entrance facade was cleaned and partially completed.

Finally, the additional buildings of poor quality on the West side of the monument were removed resulting in the re-establishment of the visual identity at this side. The area was organised as an open space with the necessary outdoor furniture.

Further Reading:

İpekoğlu, B. and Hamamcıoğlu, M., 1998.  “İzmir Mithatpaşa Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Binasının Tanıtılması, Değerlendirilmesi ve Restorasyonu”, Research Prepared for Publication, İzmir.

İpekoğlu, B. and Hamamcıoğlu, M., 1998. “İzmir Mithatpaşa Endüstri Meslek Lisesi Binasının Tanıtımı, Yangın Sonrası Durumu ve Onarım Kararları”, Ege Mimarlık, No: 26, 2/1998, pp.14-19.

İpekoğlu, B. and Hamamcıoğlu, M., 1998. “Yangından Sonra … Mithatpaşa Endüstri Meslek Lisesi”, Arredamento Dekorasyon, No: 100, pp. 96-100.

İpekoğlu, B. and Hamamcıoğlu, M., 1997. “İzmir’in Önemli Simge Yapısı, Teknik Eğitimin Asırlık Kurumu: Mithatpaşa Endüstri Meslek Lisesi”, Art Decor, Temmuz-Ağustos 1997, No: 52-53, pp. 82-88.