ARCH 672/692 + MUD 732 S/F 2025
ARCH 672 PROPOSITIONS + UD 732 - STUDIO III
FALL 2025OBLIVION AND MEMORY
EMOTIONS AND THE PHENOMENON OF TIME IN ARCHITECTURE
The process of building, like the decay of what has been built, represents an intermediate state, the “no longer” and the “not yet”. This provisional nature refers to a transitional state and the expression of time - whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Between inception and demize, architectural and urban spaces are filled with a succession of events and ultimately signify oblivion and produce memory simulteneously.
From the picturesque as ruin to the grotesque and ornamental, we have investigated the contradictions of the architectural and artistic concept of memory and emotions in the flow of time.
The paradox of perceiving the ephemeral as a signifyer of eternety has fascinated architects and artists since romanticism and has characterized our culture in multiple facets.
We cannot defy time, but we can express it, utilize it, take advantage of it, politicize it, challenge it, or embrace it.
We have initially studied historic and current works. Based on this research, each author developed their own unique proposition.