Abstract
Museums as a cultural center have a significant role in achieving educational goals in order to contribute the improvement of the cultural level of society. Arranging entertainment activities together with the educational activities may help museums to be more effective. Entertainment activities increase the engagement of visitors and inspire learning. In this direction, entertainment and education are two inseparable components. In this respect, the term “edutainment” refers to learning or teaching something new, while having joyful activities. In this direction, the way of dealing with the architectural requirements for edutainment activities maybe different in ‘museums converted from heritage buildings’ and ‘museums as new buildings’, the main question of this research is how these two different groups serve the architectural and technological requirements of edutainment purposes. So, the research aims to investigate the architectural and technological facilities that are required for edutainment goals in two different groups of buildings, and make a comparison between them. The case studies are selected from museums which have been visited directly by authors from all around the world. The indicators, which are factors to serve the edutainment activities, are obtained from the literature surveying, using books, journals, and museum websites. The qualitative research method is applied through observational research by visiting the cases and evaluating the extracted factors on visited cases. Outcomes are illustrated in a comparative table. The findings are expected to contribute to adaptation processes of heritage buildings as museums, and hence conservation of architectural heritage instead of building new.
Presenters
Negin Nazari MoayedStudent, PhD Candidate, Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Ammochostos, Cyprus Özlem Olgaç Türker
Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University, Ammochostos, Cyprus
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2023 Special Focus—Museum Transformations: Pathways to Community Engagement
KEYWORDS
Edutainment, Museum architecture, Heritage building, Adaptive reuse, Interior space
