\nThis project envisions an Earthquake Museum in Kahramanmara\u015f that not only documents collective trauma, but also becomes a space of healing, memory, and continuity. Located between \u00dcng\u00fct neighborhood and the school axis, the project seeks to bridge urban transformation with lived experiences. \u00dcng\u00fct, a district shaped by deep-rooted traditions and everyday life practices, offers a valuable cultural landscape that deserves preservation through design. While developing the masterplan for the urban regeneration area, special care was given to preserve the existing trees in residents’ gardens. These trees, silently witnessing generations, have inspired the very name of the project\u2014reflecting a belief that memory can resist erasure through nature and place. Instead of erasing the past, the design embraces it, allowing nature to guide spatial decisions. This is manifested in the network of pedestrian pathways woven through the site, accompanied by generous reforestation to continue \u00dcng\u00fct\u2019s green legacy.
\nThe museum fa\u00e7ade itself acts as an urban monument: a large-scale map-like surface representing the spatial memory of Kahramanmara\u015f\u2014from \u00dcng\u00fct to the city center\u2014providing orientation and symbolic grounding for visitors. Furthermore, an open-air memory exhibition is curated outside the museum, specifically dedicated to \u00dcng\u00fct. This serves as both a tribute to the neighborhood and a space where personal and collective stories can be remembered and shared.
\nUltimately, this project is an attempt to let the memory of place\u2014through trees, paths, and maps\u2014resist destruction. It is not only a museum of disaster, but a hopeful space where life, memory, and future coexist.
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<\/a><\/p>\nROOTED RESILIENCE \/ Yahya Kaan \u00c7ak\u0131r Resisting Oblivion: A Memory-Oriented Approach to an Earthquake Museum in Kahramanmara\u015f This project envisions an Earthquake Museum in Kahramanmara\u015f that not only documents collective trauma, but also becomes a space of healing, memory, and continuity. Located between \u00dcng\u00fct neighborhood and the school axis, the project seeks to bridge urban […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-s25-arch302"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"