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Old Uşak houses are one of the cultural heritage elements reflecting the traditional residential fabric of Uşak province. These houses are original structures that embody the identity of Uşak city through their historical, cultural, and architectural features. Concentrated in the city center, these houses are predominantly two-story dwellings distinguished by their gabled roofs and courtyard layouts. The design of these buildings reflects a harmony with the local lifestyle of their time. Archite

Urban palimpsest is a socio-spatial and architectural concept that refers to a city’s physical, spatial, and cultural fabric accumulating layers of traces from different historical periods, social practices, needs, and ideologies.【1】 The term derives from the Greek words palin, meaning "again," and psestos, meaning "scraped," combining to form palimpsēstos.【2】 In antiquity, due to the rarity and cost of parchment and papyrus, manuscripts with erased or scraped-off older texts rewritten on top we