Abstract:

The study aims to create a typology by revealing museums design approaches built on archaeological ruins through existing examples. The research also aims to be a preliminary analysis of new structures to be designed in the future. The keywords determined for this purpose were scanned on open-access websites, and 24 structures were obtained as a result of the scanning. The structures were analyzed with the criterion sampling method, and ten buildings were excluded from the scope of the research. The remaining 14 buildings were re-examined using the content analysis method, and a typology was obtained by analyzing the design approaches of these structures. Firstly, the exhibition materials of buildings were examined and were given information about their identities in order to introduce them. It has been observed that there are museums where only findings from the site are exhibited (21,4%), as well as museums where finds from other archaeological sites are exhibited (35,7%). There were also structures in which information about the findings could not be reached in the examined structures (42,8 %). The created typology is divided into two as sitting on the ground (78,5%) and raised from the ground (21,5%). The buildings in both categories were examined in terms of structural systems, facade materials, roof form, roof structure, and roof materials, and their usage frequencies were expressed in percentages. Also, similarities and differences were revealed by comparing the design approaches preferred in the structures sitting on the ground and raised from the ground.

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