Cansu Inal Kaynar

Influence of the Reuse of Heritage Buildings on the Resilience of New Zealand Small Town Centres

Email: cansu.inalkaynar@vuw.ac.nz

Primary supervisor: Dr. Nigel Isaacs

Secondary supervisors: Professor Andre Brown; Professor Ilan Noy

Profile

Cansu is a PhD student at Wellington School of Architecture, focusing on the reuse of heritage buildings in small towns in New Zealand. She has a Master on Architectural Conservation exploring the post-restoration maintenance programme of 16th century tombs in Türkiye. She is a recipient of a PhD scholarship from QuakeCoRE NZ Centre for Earthquake Resilience.

Cansu worked as a conservation architect for thirteen years in Türkiye focusing on architectural heritage conservation before starting her PhD at Victoria University of Wellington. In her professional work she has worked on different types of architectural heritage ranging from 11th century archaeological sites to 19th century civil buildings.

Qualifications

Master of Architectural Conservation and Restoration, Yildiz Technical University, Türkiye

Bachelor of Architecture, Yildiz Technical University, Türkiye

Research interests

Adaptive Reuse, Heritage Conservation and restoration, Preventive Maintenance, Environmental impacts of buildings