BerKM-Bergama Cultural Center

Two different images exist together in Bergama: one is the ancient city of Pergamon where the acropolis presents the physical appearance of a city culture built upon a rooted civilization, and the other one is the city of Bergama today which laying below the Acropolis displays a rather rural city texture. Is there any possibility to consider a relationship between the Acropolis and Bergama? This question begs for the description of a place that will host Bergama’s cultural life without avoiding the memory of the place. The goal was then to sustain the commercial life that exists there without displacing the tradesman alongside the avenue and create a shaded arcade with interior courtyards where the three masses placed in the courtyard generate spaces of cultural activities revealing rich spaces open for public use in the voids generated between each other. The park across the road is connected by a green bridge and the recreational functions in the courtyard act as lounge spaces for the cinema and multipurpose hall, enriching the daily life of Bergama as it breaks the image of the ‘cultural center’ that fails to form a relationship to the citizens, and rather making itself a citizen of Bergama.