A Critical Evaluation of a Cultural Center Built through Competition: The Muratpaşa Municipality Multipurpose Performance Center

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 810 - 831, 27.12.2025

Senem Müştak Sevindik , Mehtap Özbayraktar

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1654649

Abstract

Architectural competitions play a crucial role in shaping public buildings by fostering innovative designs and ensuring fair selection processes. This study critically examines the Muratpaşa Municipality Multipurpose Performance Center, a public building realized through a national architectural competition in Antalya, Türkiye. The research aims to evaluate the center’s architectural and urban contributions, spatial organization, and cultural significance within its urban context. As a qualitative research, the study employs Hugh Pearman’s architectural criticism methodology, which includes descriptive, analytical, and judgmental criticism, to systematically assess the project’s architectural attributes. By analyzing the center’s design approach, spatial relationships, and urban integration, this study provides insights into how architectural competitions influence the realization of public buildings. The findings offer a critical evaluation of a cultural building realized through an architectural competition and, in this context, contribute to the critical discourse of architecture by highlighting key considerations that may inform future architectural competitions and public architecture practices.

Keywords

Architectural critism , architectural competitions , public buildings , Antalya , cultural centers

Ethical Statement

Written permission was obtained for the use of visual data in this scientific publication. The study was evaluated and approved as ethically appropriate by the Kocaeli University Science and Engineering Ethics Committee (Meeting No. 2024/11, Decision No. 2, dated 28/08/2024).

Thanks

The authors express their sincere gratitude to the anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback and insightful suggestions, which have significantly contributed to the improvement of this study. Special thanks are extended to the architectural design team of the first-prized project and to the former Director of Projects of Muratpaşa Municipality for their willingness to participate in the interviews and for providing valuable information.

Yarışma Yoluyla İnşa Edilen Bir Kültür Merkezi Üzerine Eleştirel Bir Değerlendirme: Muratpaşa Belediyesi Çok Amaçlı Gösteri Merkezi

Abstract

Mimari yarışmalar, yenilikçi tasarımları teşvik ederek ve adil seçim süreçleri sağlayarak kamu binalarının şekillendirilmesinde önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu çalışma, Antalya'da ulusal bir mimarlık yarışmasıyla hayata geçirilen bir kamu yapısı olan Muratpaşa Belediyesi Çok Amaçlı Gösteri Merkezi'ni eleştirel bir bakış açısıyla incelemektedir. Araştırma, merkezin mimari ve kentsel katkılarını, mekânsal organizasyonunu ve kültürel önemini kentsel bağlamı içinde değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Nitel bir araştırma olan çalışmada, projenin mimari niteliklerini sistematik olarak değerlendirmek için Hugh Pearman'ın tanımlayıcı, analitik ve yargılayıcı eleştiriyi içeren mimari eleştiri metodolojisi kullanılmıştır. Merkezin tasarım yaklaşımını, mekânsal ilişkilerini ve kentsel entegrasyonunu inceleyen bu çalışma, mimari yarışmaların kamu binalarının hayata geçirilmesini nasıl etkilediğine dair içgörü sağlamaktadır. Bulgular, yarışma ile elde edilen bir kültür yapısına ilişkin eleştirel bir değerlendirme sunmakta ve bu doğrultuda gelecekteki mimari yarışmalar ile kamusal mimarlık uygulamaları için dikkate alınabilecek önemli noktaları ortaya koyarak mimarlığın eleştirel söylemine katkıda bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Mimari eleştiri , mimarlık yarışmaları , kamusal binalar , Antalya , kültür merkezleri

Ethical Statement

Çalışma, 28/08/2024 tarihli Kocaeli Üniversitesi Fen ve Mühendislik Bilimleri Etik Kurulu’nun 2024/11 sayılı toplantısında alınan 2 numaralı Karar uyarınca, ulusal ve uluslararası bilimsel araştırma ve yayın etiği ilkelerine uygun olarak etik açıdan uygun bulunmuştur.

Thanks

Yazarlar, bu çalışmanın gelişimine önemli ölçüde katkı sağlayan yapıcı geri bildirimleri ve değerli önerileri için isimsiz hakemlere içten teşekkürlerini sunar. Ayrıca, birincilik ödülü alan projenin mimari tasarım ekibine ve Muratpaşa Belediyesi eski Etüt ve Projeler Müdürü’ne, görüşmelere katılma konusundaki gönüllülükleri ve sağladıkları kıymetli bilgiler için özel teşekkürler iletilir. Bu bilimsel yayında proje verilerinin kullanımı için yazılı izin alınmıştır.

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