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Material things will never replace the void people cause when they simply leave. No matter how hard you try.
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architecture & memory opportunities for reflection
the void & the staircase
No matter what your stance is on the attributes of STARchitecture, they still provide important debate, theory & inspiration in the profession. I am currently reading on the subject of architecture & memory, including the Jewish Museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind. [Libeskind’s work has profound resonance with me because as a young teenager in Manchester his Imperial War Museum North was one of my first memorial encounters with contemporary architecture & Breaking Ground my first book on architecture.] Of particular relevance to my current work are the concepts of the ‘voids’ & ‘entrance staircase’ at the Jewish Museum; alluding to the nature of inhabiting ground & the building as a memory container.
“The structure of this building goes far beyond the physical realm. It addresses the social structure of Berlin and the absence of Jews in Berlin. Libeskind creates a dialogue between the past and the present of the Holocaust, and most importantly, Libeskind poses the question, how do we deal with the scars from the past?” Emma Scarmack: Between the Lines
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