War is a perpetual shadow cast over human history. It brings forth unparalleled destruction, leaving behind a wake of devastation that scars both the land and its people. Its relentless march leaves cities in ruins, families torn, landscapes transformed and the built environment obliterated. War affects an individual, a community and a country's identity. Destruction both leaves a memory and shapes it.
The process of rebuilding raises complex questions:
How do we rebuild after that has which been destroyed?
What should be rebuilt?
Is rebuilding necessary?
There are no easy answers and the choices made will reverberate through generations, influencing what endures in collective memory and what is forgotten. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between memory, destruction and architecture. / Master of Architecture / War is relentless in its destruction and it affects both the people and the land. It has a profound effect on a country and its people, destroying cities, landscapes and the built environment. War has an enormous impact on an individual, a community and a country.
A few questions need to first be addressed:
Where do you begin?
What should be rebuilt?
How do you rebuild?
There are no easy answers, however central to any endeavor to rebuild is the role of memory. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between memory, destruction and architecture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/118993 |
| Date | 15 May 2024 |
| Creators | Palazzolo, Joseph Robert |
| Contributors | Architecture, Jones, Kevin William, Jones, James R., Gipe, Andrew |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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