HIDDEN
PTT Stamp Museum
Our architectural journey at the PTT Stamp Museum was structured around the interaction and communication between the building and its urban context. From the moment we entered, we noticed the exhibition spaces arranged in a way that seemed detached from the building's architectural features. The fact that all the windows connecting the building to the city had been closed, and that window openings were omitted as architectural elements in the exhibition space's design, disrupted the building's integrity and caused a loss of spatial and directional awareness.
When we removed the curtains covering some of the windows on the facade facing Atatürk Boulevard, we realized we were faced with valuable vista points. We considered the covering of these windows, which could be seen as communication points that would position the building within the city, as a denial of the building that houses the museum.
We also experienced that in many places inside the building, the structural elements that make up the building could not be integrated into the exhibition space design. In addition, we saw that glass surfaces were designed in the later additions to the building, but these were also covered. We observed that denying the possibility of using glass surfaces as visual communication elements also hindered communication between the spaces of the building. Ignoring the architectural features of the building prevented its communication with the city and virtually hid the building from the city. Similarly, the exhibition space inside the building was also hidden from the building by being designed in a way that was detached from the building's integrity. As a result of these observations, in our study, we aimed to convey these discontinuities and inconsistencies that we experienced throughout our journey in a series of photographs within the framework of the theme of "hidden" secrets.
Beyza DEMÄ°RCAN
Cagnur Cakmakci
Dilan Deniz
Nilay CANDEMÄ°R
