Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2019
Summary
Like most architecture, designed memorial spaces can be perceived as collective efforts that rely on resources provided by political and financial powers. At the same time, memorial architecture, being an act of representation, touches upon the essence of architectural creation and the question of how space mediates some of the most intricate social and cultural processes. Both the predicament and the allure of the task of designing a memorial space became clear to me in a very personal quest to commemorate through architecture the Siege of Sarajevo (1992–95).
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- Designing MemoryThe Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the Present, pp. 1 - 16Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019