INVESTIGATION OF THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF URBAN RESIDENTS: A CASE OF AN UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE CAMPUS

This study aims to identify the urban,functional,spatial,and sociological problems arising from the physical and spatial dysfunction of healthcare campuses located in historic city centers, which have long served as integral parts of the city where urban residents receive healthcare services and medical education. The study also seeks to provide solutions to decision makers.Healthcare facilities must continuously renew themselves and update their functions and spaces in accordance with contemporary conditions to maintain global standards in education, research, and service quality.Existing healthcare buildings need to be spatially flexible and structurally resilient to meet theseevolving requirements.Healthcare facilities that fail to meet this dynamic process gradually become functionally obsolete. As a result, healthcare service areas (hospitals) located in city centers generally cannot be renewed in their existing locations due to factors such as the lack of available space for expansionto meet current needs, and therefore must often be rebuilt at different sites. This situation directly affects both hospital users and numerous urban amenities and neighborhood residents surrounding the hospitals, and often leads to the loss of urban spaces that are symbolically tied to the hospital’s function.It should be considered that maintaining the function of urban areas experienced as hospitals for many years plays a significant role in meeting the needs of urban residents.