FRAGMENTS OF MEMORY / Şevval Yılmaz
This project is a Time Travel Museum that reveals the layered history of Kahramanmaraş and creates a bridge between the past and the future. It consists of six independent buildings, each representing a different historical period, reinterpreted with a contemporary architectural language. The structural system is based on a steel shell structure, allowing for wide spans and expressive, dynamic forms. The façade is clad with fiber cement panels, and glass curtain walls are applied at key points. Instead of the traditional spider system, a magnetic point-fixing system is used for the glass, creating a clean and seamless appearance.
The museum is not only an exhibition space, but a cultural transition zone and a collective memory site. The units are connected by ramped paths that guide the visitor. These transition corridors include walls that narrate the historical evolution between periods.
In addition to exhibitions, the museum also features a library, café, workshop areas, digital gallery, and research units. A newly designed urban axis brings visitors from the city center to the museum through a socially integrated neighborhood. The layout allows for both public interaction and intimate experiences through its intentionally left urban voids.
The design connects architecture to city memory, natural landscape, and contemporary civic life. It is a spatial manifestation of time, movement, and continuity — blending archaeology, culture, and modern innovation in a unified architectural statement.
