ruminations about architecture and design

Thursday, December 27, 2012

the terror of memory


I predict that the school will be demolished, and that no one will object to this. A memorial will be designed and erected after considerable debate.

Architecture is a tool of human emotion as much as a functional construction. A space that served as a stage for horror becomes invested with that horror, and like Lady Macbeth, you can't ever get the blood out. It's irritating that improvements to educational spaces require tragedy.

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