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Museum-City:Denver’s Cultural Meshworks

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 213 - 221, 15.03.2025
https://doi.org/10.54864/planarch.1640536

Abstract

The expansion of cultural spaces in the 21st century, driven by sustainability, cultural heritage conservation, and urban identity formation, has become a key factor in shaping cities globally. Museum clusters serve not only as spaces for cultural production but also as architectural and urban entities that redefine spatial relationships, transform public space, and promote social, cultural, and economic development. The concept of the museum-city is examined through the spatial integration of museums, their role within the urban fabric, and their influence on public space, emphasizing the dialectic relationship between cultural institutions and the city. Focusing on Denver’s Civic Center Cultural Complex, this study explores how museum clusters extend beyond individual architectural objects to reconfigure the urban fabric, establish spatial continuity, and redefine the built environment’s character. Using a multi-layered and meshworked framework, the research examines evolving spatial patterns and the changing relationships between cultural institutions and urban form. The Frederic C. Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum serves as a case study, illustrating how museum clusters enhance spatial porosity and act as mechanisms of urban continuity. The findings highlight the role of museum clusters in reinforcing spatial relationships between architecture and its users, redefining urban identity, and contributing to sustainable urbanism. The museum-city model is ultimately framed as a comprehensive urban strategy that transcends isolated architectural objects, transforming public space into a site of collective memory, cultural interaction, and knowledge exchange.

References

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  • Bennett, T. (1995). The Birth of The Museum, History, Theory, Politics. London: Routledge.
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  • Dicks, B. (2003). Culture on Display: The Production of Contemporary Visitability. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • Duncan, Carol. (1995). Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums. London: Routledge.
  • Fyfe, Gordon. (1996). A Trojan Horse at the Tate: Thorizing the Museum as Agency and Structure. Sharon MacDonald and Gordon Fyfe (ed.), in Theorizing Museums: Representing Identity and Diversity in a Changing World (ss. 203–228). Sociological Review Monograph Series. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.
  • Grodach, Carl. (2008). Museums as Urban Catalysts: The Role of Urban Design in Flagship Cultural Development. Journal of Urban Design 13 (2): 195–212. doi:10.1080/13574800801965742.
  • Heidenreich, M. & Plaza, B. (2013). Renewal through culture? The role of Museums in the Renewal of Industrial Regions in Europe, European Planning Studies, 23(8), 1441–1455. doi:10.1080/09654313.2013.817544
  • Ingold, T. (2007). Lines: A Brief History. London: Routledge.
  • Ingold, T. (2011). Being Alive. Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description. Routledge, New York.
  • Ingold, T. (2016). On Human Correspondence. J. R. Anthropol. Inst. 23, ss. 9–27.
  • Latour, B. (1999). On recalling ANT in Actor Network Theory and After. J. Law and J. Hassard (ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, B. (1998) Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Malraux, A. (1954). The Museum Without Walls in Voices of Silence. London: Seeker and Warburg.
  • Markus T. (1993). Buildings and Power. London: Routledge.
  • Mccarthy, John. (2006). Regeneration of Cultural Quarters: Public Art for Place Image or Place Identity? Journal of Urban Design 11 (2): 243–262. doi:10.1080/13574800600644118.
  • Noel, Thomas J., Barbara S. Norgen. (1987). Denver, The City Beautiful and Its Architects, 1893-1941. Denver, Colorado: Historic Denver, Inc.
  • Palmer, Joni M. (2012). The Politics of “the Public”: Public Art, Urban Regeneration and the Postindustrial City—The Case of Downtown Denver. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, United States—Colorado: University of Colorado.
  • Patterson, Matt. (2012). The Role of the Public Institution in Iconic Architectural Development. Urban Studies 49 (15): 3289–3305. doi:10.1177/0042098012443862.
  • Peterson, Jon A. (2003). The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840–1917. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Porter, M. (1990). The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: Free Press.
  • Spaans, Marjolein. (2004). The Implementation of Urban Regeneration Projects in Europe: Global Ambitions, Local Matters. Journal of Urban Design 9 (3): 335–349. doi:10.1080/13574800420002 83887.
  • Wilson, William H. (1989) The City Beautiful Movement. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Müze-Kent: Denver’ın Kültürel Örüntüleri

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 213 - 221, 15.03.2025
https://doi.org/10.54864/planarch.1640536

Abstract

21. yüzyılda, sürdürülebilirlik, kültürel mirasın korunması ve kent kimliğinin inşası odaklı kültürel mekânların genişlemesi, kentlerin küresel ölçekte kimlik kazanmasında belirleyici bir unsur haline gelmektedir. Bu bağlamda, müze kümeleri, yalnızca kültürel üretim mekânları olarak değil, aynı zamanda mimari ve kentsel yapılar olarak mekânsal ilişkileri yeniden tanımlayan, kamusal alanı dönüştüren, sosyal, kültürel ve ekonomik gelişimi teşvik eden kentsel bileşenlerdir. Müze-kent kavramı, müzelerin mekânsal uyumunu, kent dokusundaki konumları ve kamusal alan üzerindeki etkileri çerçevesinde ele alınarak, kültürel kurumlar ile kent arasındaki diyalektik ilişkileri incelemektedir. Bu çalışma, Denver Kent Kültür Merkezi Alanı örneği ile müze kümelerinin bireysel mimari nesnelerin ötesine geçerek kentsel dokuyu nasıl yeniden biçimlendirdiğini, mekânsal sürekliliği nasıl sağladığını ve yapılaşmış çevrenin nasıl dönüştüğünü incelemektedir. Çok katmanlı ve ağ örüntülü bir çerçeve kullanılarak mekânsal örüntülerin dönüşümü ve kültürel kurumların kentsel biçimle değişen ilişkileri analiz edilmektedir. Denver Sanat Müzesi’nin Frederic C. Hamilton Binası, müze kümelerinin mekânsal geçirgenliği artıran ve kentsel sürekliliği sağlayan yapılar olarak işlev gördüğünü gösteren bir örnek olarak ele alınmaktadır. Bulgular, müze kümelerinin mimari mekân ile kullanıcı arasındaki mekânsal ilişkileri güçlendirdiğini, kent kimliğini yeniden tanımladığını ve sürdürülebilir kentleşmeye katkıda bulunduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Sonuç olarak, müze-kent modeli, yalnızca tekil mimari yapıları değil, kamusal alanı kolektif hafıza, kültürel etkileşim ve bilgi paylaşımı mekânı olarak yeniden kurgulayan kapsamlı bir kentsel kavram olarak değerlendirilmektedir.

References

  • Altick, R. (1978). The Shows of London. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
  • Bennett, T. (1995). The Birth of The Museum, History, Theory, Politics. London: Routledge.
  • Deleuze, Gilles, and Félix Guattari. (2004). A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Translated by Brian Massumi. London: Continuum.
  • Dicks, B. (2003). Culture on Display: The Production of Contemporary Visitability. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • Duncan, Carol. (1995). Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums. London: Routledge.
  • Fyfe, Gordon. (1996). A Trojan Horse at the Tate: Thorizing the Museum as Agency and Structure. Sharon MacDonald and Gordon Fyfe (ed.), in Theorizing Museums: Representing Identity and Diversity in a Changing World (ss. 203–228). Sociological Review Monograph Series. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.
  • Grodach, Carl. (2008). Museums as Urban Catalysts: The Role of Urban Design in Flagship Cultural Development. Journal of Urban Design 13 (2): 195–212. doi:10.1080/13574800801965742.
  • Heidenreich, M. & Plaza, B. (2013). Renewal through culture? The role of Museums in the Renewal of Industrial Regions in Europe, European Planning Studies, 23(8), 1441–1455. doi:10.1080/09654313.2013.817544
  • Ingold, T. (2007). Lines: A Brief History. London: Routledge.
  • Ingold, T. (2011). Being Alive. Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description. Routledge, New York.
  • Ingold, T. (2016). On Human Correspondence. J. R. Anthropol. Inst. 23, ss. 9–27.
  • Latour, B. (1999). On recalling ANT in Actor Network Theory and After. J. Law and J. Hassard (ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, B. (1998) Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Malraux, A. (1954). The Museum Without Walls in Voices of Silence. London: Seeker and Warburg.
  • Markus T. (1993). Buildings and Power. London: Routledge.
  • Mccarthy, John. (2006). Regeneration of Cultural Quarters: Public Art for Place Image or Place Identity? Journal of Urban Design 11 (2): 243–262. doi:10.1080/13574800600644118.
  • Noel, Thomas J., Barbara S. Norgen. (1987). Denver, The City Beautiful and Its Architects, 1893-1941. Denver, Colorado: Historic Denver, Inc.
  • Palmer, Joni M. (2012). The Politics of “the Public”: Public Art, Urban Regeneration and the Postindustrial City—The Case of Downtown Denver. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, United States—Colorado: University of Colorado.
  • Patterson, Matt. (2012). The Role of the Public Institution in Iconic Architectural Development. Urban Studies 49 (15): 3289–3305. doi:10.1177/0042098012443862.
  • Peterson, Jon A. (2003). The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840–1917. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Porter, M. (1990). The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: Free Press.
  • Spaans, Marjolein. (2004). The Implementation of Urban Regeneration Projects in Europe: Global Ambitions, Local Matters. Journal of Urban Design 9 (3): 335–349. doi:10.1080/13574800420002 83887.
  • Wilson, William H. (1989) The City Beautiful Movement. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Architectural Design
Journal Section Research Articles
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Gonca Zeynep Tunçbilek Dinçer 0000-0002-9116-1146

Early Pub Date March 16, 2025
Publication Date March 15, 2025
Submission Date February 15, 2025
Acceptance Date March 15, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 9 Issue: 1

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APA Tunçbilek Dinçer, G. Z. (2025). Müze-Kent: Denver’ın Kültürel Örüntüleri. PLANARCH - Design and Planning Research, 9(1), 213-221. https://doi.org/10.54864/planarch.1640536

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