Museum of Emotions

Location 
In The Middle Of Nowhere

Client
Buildner

Year
2022

Size
2000 m²

Team Members
M. Metin Polat, Demet Dinçer, Bilge Altuğ

Awards
1st Prize

Jury feedback summary
A sanctuary seemingly ‘floating’ in the sea, one apparently arrives at this destination by boat. A dock forms the entry to a perimeter ring of exterior walkways that float among a series of vertical rectangular gray-clad blocks - some of them solid, the others inhabitable - and connect two larger, enclosed-square exhibition halls. The similar geometries of these larger halls are transformed into varying environments, one fully lit, the other punctured by curated holes of light.

The jury writes: “There's a great balance between reality and fiction in this proposal. It seems somehow realizable but at the same time a fictional scenario that combines different emotions due to its interior spaces and location. The deep thought put into this submission is commendable. Not only are the two emotional areas depicted, but a strong significance is given to the experience of transition between the two - a sense of contemplation and desolation. One figure chooses to navigate and explore, the other sits still. One wonders how this island arrived here and how one can access it. If one is on this island, does one ever leave?”

A dock forms the entry to a perimeter ring of exterior walkways that float among a series of vertical rectangular gray-clad blocks - some of them solid, the others inhabitable - and connect two larger, enclosed-square exhibition halls.

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