Troy Museum

Location 
Çanakkale, TR

Client
General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums

Year
2012

Size
14.780 m²

Team Members
Mehmet Metin Polat, Caner Bilgin, Bilge Altuğ, Ceyda Cihangir

The museum is located at the intersection of the Tevfikiye Village Road and the route that leads to the ruins of Troy. The project area is either the starting point or the destination for the course of large archaeological excursions. The designed building is the primary gathering and dispersal point of this course, with service areas and open spaces added to its primary function as a museum. This is reflected in the spatial organization as the building functions scatter around a permeable, multipart platform located at the village’s periphery as a reference to the archaeological site.

The platform that defines a separation between public spaces and larger private spaces consists of stages formed by secondary passages that cut through a central street. It blurs the distinction between the bottom and the top with the help of multi-layered open spaces.

As the building inhabits a large rural area and is on the village’s periphery, the rural scale is a reference. Therefore, it is split horizontally and vertically. Additionally, this allows the existing landscape to be considered part of the museum program. Service areas, commercial units, and workshops located in the village's periphery and along the street aim to provide employment opportunities to the locals and are also used for daily activities. The proposed "village square,” where the building meets the archeological route, is serviced by the existing village and the museum and creates a transition to the sightseeing.

The platform that defines a separation between public spaces and larger private spaces consists of stages formed by secondary passages that cut through a central street. It blurs the distinction between the bottom and the top with the help of multi-layered open spaces.

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