City Memory And Continuity 
Located in the garden of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory in Beşiktaş, the Urban Memory Museum is an experiential museum project that re-examines the structures of Istanbul that have been destroyed, damaged, or repurposed due to disasters, urban transformation, and the passage of time, within the context of urban memory. The project challenges the “white cube” concept, which defines the museum as a neutral and isolated exhibition space, proposing a living space that actively produces memory and makes the visitor a part of the process. The design approach is based on making the architectural traces of lost structures spatially re-experiential, rather than presenting them only as historical data or visual representations. In this regard, selected building facades and spatial fragments are transformed from mere exhibited objects into constituent elements of the museum. Walls, partitions, and thresholds are shaped through reinterpreted facade fragments, thus defining the organization of the space through a circulation scheme that reflects the layered structure of urban memory. Rather than a linear narrative, circulation within the museum is structured through scenarios that allow the visitor to construct their own experience among different periods, events, and spatial traces. Quiet and sensory spaces intertwine with open and closed exhibition areas, making the fragmented and discontinuous nature of memory spatially visible. The building establishes a direct relationship with the public space through its exhibition wall opening onto the street, making the museum a part of everyday urban life. In this way, instead of presenting the past as a fixed narrative, the project presents a dynamic museum model that constantly reproduces urban memory and interacts with the city.