Documentation of Mardin Kadife Ertem Mansion’s architectural characteristics

Abstract

Kadife Ertem Mansion is a traditional masonry building, which is located within Mardin’s
urban archaeological site and of which is important to maintain its sustainability due to
the fact that it reflects the characteristics of the traditional buildings of the geographic
context it is located in, in terms of the architectural characteristics. However, today it is
seen that various deteriorations occurred on the building and the structure encountered
the risk of being destroyed. Within this context, the aim of the study is to document the
architectural characteristics and material problems of the building, within the context of
maintaining the sustainability of Mardin Kadife Ertem Mansion, which is located within
Mardin’s urban archaeological site and of which its conservation has great importance
for the regions. Within the scope of the study, the following stages were followed:
literature review, investigation of the building on-site, and obtaining the plan and façade
analytic relievos of the building. It was determined in the findings that the most frequent
material deterioration seen on the building is the use of cement arising from the faulty
repairs. This result demonstrates that human-originated material deteriorations must
be prevented immediately on the monumental structure.