Museum was a pure space for Art, however, it is no longer pure art business. Exhibition became an attraction for the public, and going Museum became a “cultural leisure” in a city. Then, Museum has to provide a cultural place for daily lives. Each visitor in a museum needs other experience and enjoyment.

Focusing on what this context (site, society, neighbors, and urban fabrics), the project is not about traditional museum but about what a museum contributes to the context.  As the mode of representation, plans and sections clearly reveal the design methodology of the museum. Because continuous movements of people are necessary for the mixed/integrated program proposal in three dimensional way. Then the kinetic enclosure engages fluid programs with surrounding contexts. 

“Attracting and Serving” the public is now critical. It is not only an architectural methodology, but a survival strategy for Museum. Contaminated Museum is the place where organizes 6 programs in a metropolitan city; Tourism, Communication, Education, Commerce, Performance, and Spectacle. Contaminated Museum is not a mere project but the future of Museum. Contamination is More.

Program : Museum

Site : Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi, Istanbul, Türkiye

Lead Designer : Jeongin Kim

Advisor : Lise Anne Couture (Asymptote Architects)