Timber Cubes – Odunpazari New Modern Art Museum

The museum serves as a link between a newly developed district and an older part of the city with traditional Ottoman buildings in wood. They are built along winding streets, and Kengo Kuma & Associates have created a design that reflects the local area, with small volumes that grow bigger as the visitor approaches the main entrance. The buildings are shaped like cubes, with a unified design language binding them into a single unit.

The architecture draws on the site’s history, with an exterior of long, horizontal glulam beams in pine that intersect with each other.