Livenarch VII- Livable Environments & Architecture Congress 2021: Other Architect/ure (s), Trabzon, Turkey, 28 - 30 September 2021, vol.3, pp.944-959
Historical buildings that have lifetimes spanning long centuries faced
different interventions according to the periods in which different
approaches in the conservation issue. In the historical development process
of conservation thought, it is possible to see examples in the world where
the value of historical buildings is not sufficiently understood by the society
and the government and cultural heritage elements are detached from the
context of place as a result of the unconsciousness in this matter.
Pieces/buildings belonging to rich civilizations such as Anatolia, the Middle
East and Egypt were transported to different countries, sometimes illegally
and sometimes by legal practices and they started to be exhibited in
museums of these countries. Detaching these buildings from their original
context and exhibiting them in a completely different environment is an
application that ignores the notion of "spirit of the place" and is against the
understanding of scientific conservation. Within the extent of the study,
examples of historical buildings that have been moved from one country to
another country and taken from the context of the place and exhibited in the
museum environment will be examined through the notion of "the other".
The investigated buildings have turned into objects exhibited in museums
in London, New York and Berlin. This study, remind these buildings that
have taken place in the cultural memory in their original space, will bring a
criticism to the intercultural change that occurs as a result of the fairly legal
exhibition of the buildings in the examined museums.