Book contents
- Designing Memory
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Designing Memory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Scaffolding Memory
- 1 Commemorative Architecture since 1914
- 2 The Dual Role of Memorial Architecture
- Part II Case Studies
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Dual Role of Memorial Architecture
from Part I - Scaffolding Memory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2019
- Designing Memory
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Designing Memory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Scaffolding Memory
- 1 Commemorative Architecture since 1914
- 2 The Dual Role of Memorial Architecture
- Part II Case Studies
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, the private and public roles of memorial architecture are addressed in respect to three relevant topics: collective remembrance and competing memories, the process of bereavement, and the possibilities of architecture as an element of agency in remembering and dealing with a difficult past. Since rituals are articulated through space, the investigation then turns towards a distinction of underlining spatial concepts that are essential in modern memorial architecture. The commemorative potential of cemeteries and landscapes is explored in a brief analysis of the symbolic language and transitional qualities of both funerary and memorial architecture.
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- Designing MemoryThe Architecture of Commemoration in Europe, 1914 to the Present, pp. 77 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019