Haus Der Pandemie Extension of Robert Koch Institut

Humanity is facing a collective new challenge unprecedented in our lifetime. One of isolation, driven by self-quarantine, for a period unknown. It is a social experiment with no predictable outcome. Can we keep this shocking pandemic period alive in our memory by spatializing it later through architecture? First of all, psychological and sociological effects of pandemic on the society have been studied and tried to combine with architecture. The purpose of the project is carrying over the feelings that we experienced during the pandemic to the users of the museum and show people that they are the reason of this pandemic with facing them their own ego. Four feelings and psychological situations during the pandemic have been defined which are acute loneliness and anxiety, violence, collective human ego and necrophobia. Afterwards, this feelings have been externalized into real masses and brought together with a scaffolding structure. By using scaffolding structure, the project has been seperated from the nature and a public green space has been created on the ground floor. This artificial structure on a green space emphasizes how mechanization and industrialization damage the nature. All the trees in the construction area have been preserved and used as a part of the project. While bringing the spaces together, public spaces and in-between spaces have been focused. A visual contact has been designed for different people in different spaces.