Resurrecting Architectural Ghosts [An Anticipation of Collective Memory]

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Resurrecting Architectural Ghosts [An Anticipation of Collective Memory]

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Conceptual Architecture

University/SchoolNational University of Singapore (NUS)

Lead ArchitectLaw Kai Xiang

Recognizing that society is made up of a diversity of people with distinct idiosyncrasies and lived experiences, the building carcass can only say so much. The thesis serves as a counterpoint to traditional processes of conservation where buildings are intentionally retained in their pure and authentic forms. It calls for a rethinking of the value system that drives the notion of authenticity as one more social than architectural, and strives to achieve that by introducing a new kind of archival framework and space through the alternative lens of the invisible histories, micronarratives.