Project Management in Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings

Project management is the application of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and controlling by using project resources to meet the requirements of a project and achieve the project goal and objectives. Project management process is well understood, however the concept of project management for architectural heritage projects is different because of uniqueness of every project. When we deal with architectural heritage, historic buildings etc., we need to spend more time and resources to understand what we have and to access its physical condition. This article aims to introduce the special issue of project management in conservation and restoration of historic buildings and identify the principles and activities by evaluating a case study of Darussafaka high school which is the first public school of the Ottoman empire period.