MORPHFORACTURA / Batuhan Şen
Museum and Living Catalyst Tissue in Üngüt Neighborhood
The MORPHFORACTURA Museum is a hybrid architectural project located in the Üngüt Neighborhood, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. It is conceived as a cultural and spatial response to the area’s rapid, unplanned urbanization and the erosion of traditional values in built environments. The museum’s name derives from “morphogenesis,” symbolizing form-giving processes, and “fractura,” indicating breaks in historical continuity—emphasizing both innovation and remembrance.
At the core of the design is the concept of the “Living Catalyst Tissue,” a philosophical and spatial approach that integrates the memory of place with future-oriented community transformation. The museum acts not only as a static cultural hub but also as an evolving catalyst for local engagement, artistic production, and urban renewal. This dual nature is expressed architecturally through flexible, modular spaces that can adapt to new exhibitions, workshops, and events.
One wing of the museum is dedicated to traditional crafts and restoration techniques, reviving endangered knowledge systems through immersive, hands-on experiences. The other wing features contemporary arts and digital installations, offering a dialogue between past and present, tradition and innovation.
By blending steeland brutalist-inspired massing with sustainable materials and open, breathable voids, the museum invites nature and public life to coalesce. It challenges the boundaries between the built and the organic, the historical and the contemporary.
Through interdisciplinary programming and participatory design, the MORPHFORACTURA Museum becomes more than a building—it is a living, growing cultural tissue that roots itself in local identity while catalyzing future potential for the Üngüt community. 
