Anatolian Civilizations Museum

SHAYANDOKHT
SHAMSHIRI

M.BEDİRHAN YILDIRIM

MUNA AWADH
TINT 468-midterm
Bedesten , shopping center 100 shop. Iron glass for construction, domes in Diff way, 10 domes inside.
Interactive, thematic .
Type: material, Windows , function, plan, facade, lighting. Only artificial lighting
Quality in symbol
Down: 1970. Difference in top floor. Comparison of these period.top floor was Ankara stone.
One side of coins. Big difference between this and erimtan.
Maybe one object will be enough, but they put Alot of each of them .
The quality of furniture, cultural representation is different between two floor.
Garden exhibition, class of courses at end.open air exhibition, shopping area has low quality, after 1919 it has low quality in hoca's
opinion
Bedesten:
restoration time search
Anakraa stone with brick
Elevator for handicapped people.
Karvansarai:
Hotel 28. 30.
Goes down for other object,
Wooden part is new, courtyard heavy
Restoration.
1938-68
First national republican style, not enough designer.is bankası.
Restoration is modern style, some glass, and iron.
First national: not Enough architect.
Second: sedae hakkı Eldem , make another interpretation
Groundfloor
Type
Style
definition
HISTORY
Site plan and
paintings

● 100 shops
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi (Çizim Mahmut Akok )
● 10 domes
● Fire
● 1881

Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi (Çizim Mahmut Akok )

Groundfloor- type definition

Exhibit Spaces
In Ground floor:

1. Paleolithic Age
2. Neolithic Age
3. Chalcolithic Age
4. Old Bronze Age
5. Assyrian Trade Colonies Period,
6. Hittites
7. Phrygians
8. Urartians
Groundfloor- type definition
The ground hall of the Anatolian
Civilization Museum, housed within the
historic Mahmut Pasha Bedesten,
exemplifies a remarkable fusion of
Ottoman architectural elegance and
adaptive reuse.

Lighting
● No natural lighting- just artificial lighting
Groundfloor- type definition

Material palette
● Stone
● Wood
● metal

Connected to the idea of building- historical concept

Groundfloor- type definition

Interactive elements
● modern technology
● interactive displays
● multimedia installations
Groundfloor- type definition

Acoustic consideration
● minimize external noise
● Focused on museum experience
Groundfloor- style

Spatial organization
● accessible to both scholars and the general
public
● Guid visitors
● Introduction at first(video)
● Pathway for better circulation(coherency)
Groundfloor- style

Lighting
● Guid visitors
● Several types of artificial lighting for different needs
Groundfloor- style

Thematic Representation
● Dark theme with the idea of marking the objects
● Different sections or halls focused on specific periods
● Educational atmosphere- (informations)
● deeper understanding of Anatolian civilizations.
Groundfloor- symbol

Cultural symbol
● Incorporation(mix) of iconic symbols from Anatolian
civilizations: Hittite glyphs, Phrygian motifs, or
representations of gods and goddesses,
Groundfloor- symbol

Architectural motifs
● Columns, friezes, and decorative patterns
● Using architectural elements to evoke a sense of
continuity with the past.
Groundfloor- symbol

Nature and landscape

● Natural elements in garden
● fauna that hold significance in Anatolian
mythology or daily life
● It creates to have connection between interior
and exterior of this historical place
Groundfloor- symbol

Color palette
● Mostly nude and natural colors
● Inspiration from earthy tones of anatolian
landscape
● Colors such as : terracotta, deep browns, and
muted greens
Stone artefact art hall
Type
Style
symbol
Stone artefact art hall-Type
Exhibit Spaces-bedestan
Stone artefact art hall (Hittites and Late Hittite Kingdoms Period)

● 10 domes in the centre of Mahmut Pasha Bedesten

● Uniques usage of stone work
Stone artefact art hall-Type
Exhibit Spaces-bedestan

● tangible link between human creativeness

and the raw materials sourced from the
Anatolian landscape
● skillful manipulation of natural elements,
showcasing the craftsmanship of ancient
artisans
● Visual language of stone
● symbiotic relationship between culture and
the raw materials
Stone artefact art hall-style

lighting
● The atmosphere is dark with target artificial lighting
● Linear target lighting
● No general lighting
● Highlight the texture, details, and craftsmanship of stone
● Types of lighting:

Directed lighting

Spotlights

ambient illumination
Stone artefact art hall-style

Material
● Usage of material here shoes the essence of stone art
● stone , wood and other natural material
● Using of close material shows the coherency of the place
Stone artefact art hall-style

Thematic integration
● Emphasizing on stone art
● Section of hallway specified different period of time or culture
Stone artefact art hall-symbol

lighting
● Carefully designed to improve the effect of artefact
● Several type of lighting elements :spotlights and ambient
lighting
Stone artefact art hall-symbol

furniture
● The style of furniture in place is designed to be specific in
each area
Stone artefact art hall-symbol

material
● The designer made a pleasant harmony in place
● Made a connection
● Usage of material with lighting choice made it different
than other spaces in museum
Stone artefact art hall-symbol

entrance
● Visibility of entrance in ground floor, in front of main
entrance
● Using the same element(arch) for continuity
Down side hall
Type
Style
symbol
down hall-type

● consists of two sections:

Ankara Through the Ages

Classical Periods,

● artifacts unearthed during the Ankara excavations. with its

natural and cultural assets, starting from the second half of the
1st millennium BC, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman,
Byzantine and There are gold, silver, glass, marble and bronze
works from the Ottoman period. Also, starting from the first
money Our collections, including coins to date, are exhibited on
the lower floor of our museum.
down hall-type

Semiotic architecture
(based on symbols and sign)

● Symbols and sign to communicate

● Consist of multiple artefact somehow same or close)
down hall-style

Spatial dynamic
● Dynamic use of place
● One single rectangular shape of plan
down hall-style

Material harmony
● Using the wood material for exhibition place
● Mosaic tile in ground floor
● Normal white/cream color painting
down hall-symbol

● Underrated comparing with other places(ground

floor-stone hall)
● Really small passing spaces for visitors(negative
points)
● The furniture are not designed for the place
down hall-symbol

Lighting
● Only artificial lighting
● Spot light lighting as linear( made some shadows in some
parts)
KURŞUNLU HAN- Kervansarayı
Type
Style
symbol
TYPE
● two-storey building
● approximately rectangular plan
● 28 rooms on the ground floor and 30 rooms on the
upper floor
● basement was used as a warehouse and stable
STYLE
● roof of the Inn(which is wood panel now), where
rubble stone, cut stone and brick were used in its
construction
● 11 shops lined up on both sides of the entrance porch
of Kurşunlu Han
● 22 column with arched porticoes
● covered with brick vaults
● two storey which is used as a library, and also
historian experts use this place
SYMBOL
● see and feel the same touches of ottoman arches
both in the ground floor museum
● Same material with anatolian museum
● Same form of facade( arches with small rectangular
shape openings)
● Similar approach in terms of form of entrance and
appearance
References

● Yusuf KIRAÇ, “100. Yılında Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi”