Re-Functioning Dead Shopping Malls as a University

In Istanbul, which is one of the cities with the highest population growth in Turkey, socio-economic, physical needs, supply and demands are changing with the increasing population. It is seen that shopping mall structures, which are thought to be able to meet changing requirements, have recently turned into structures that have lost their function and cannot meet the changes. These idle buildings, which lost their function but continued their structural life, brought the concept of Dead Mall to the architectural literature. In this context, Dead Shopping Malls have made investors think about the re-functioning of these buildings for the public benefit. Although the building functions of these buildings, which are compatible in terms of functional transformation due to reasons such as their location, structural and physical properties and dimensions, are limited, it has been determined that they are quite suitable for evaluation in the university qualification and that the examples converted for this purpose are increasing. Through the sample building examination, the results were interpreted by converting the Dead Shopping Mall structure into a university structure for a foundation university, the design steps flow chart, the stain study of the floor plans of the old and new functions, the comparison of the old-new interior and exterior building visuals and the evaluation of this transformation project from the designer's perspective.