Comments on: Island of Memory by Britton Chambers http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: future http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-177930 future Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:05:58 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-177930 it looks like our new project. so i catch some idea! it looks like our new project. so i catch some idea!

]]> By: Dekodex http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-134252 Dekodex Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:25:33 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-134252 A little bit pathetic. To much things in one place. A little bit pathetic. To much things in one place.

]]> By: Roy http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-131947 Roy Fri, 30 May 2008 17:16:19 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-131947 The history of slavery in the USA is embedded in the thoughts and culture of the place and the people. The memorial is around us and in us and we all are a part of it. A memorial park can be just as effective as a building complex. The FDR Memorial comes to mind. The history of slavery in the USA is embedded in the thoughts and culture of the place and the people. The memorial is around us and in us and we all are a part of it.

A memorial park can be just as effective as a building complex. The FDR Memorial comes to mind.

]]> By: piet faloppa http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-131018 piet faloppa Wed, 28 May 2008 18:25:54 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-131018 Ok for a project. But to think of it seriously, I say no, don't trivialize Africans' suffering the same way the Jewish victims' suffering was. Especially since, as Vico said, this is recycling the same ideas we have in our heads from other models of what a memorial should be. I just think most normative memorials end up being trivial in their architectural dramatization and museum-visit agenda. It's the Hollywood effect applied here; is this necessary, or is there an alternative, less marketable, way to remember? Ok for a project. But to think of it seriously, I say no, don’t trivialize Africans’ suffering the same way the Jewish victims’ suffering was. Especially since, as Vico said, this is recycling the same ideas we have in our heads from other models of what a memorial should be.

I just think most normative memorials end up being trivial in their architectural dramatization and museum-visit agenda. It’s the Hollywood effect applied here; is this necessary, or is there an alternative, less marketable, way to remember?

]]> By: vico http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-130167 vico Mon, 26 May 2008 23:26:57 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-130167 Nice renders but looks like a collection of parts from other works spliced together - I'm seeing the mandatory Richard Serra rusting cube, the stair off a winning project in the RIBA President's Medal two years ago, Kengo Kuma's ceiling from his Stone Museum... Nice renders but looks like a collection of parts from other works spliced together – I’m seeing the mandatory Richard Serra rusting cube, the stair off a winning project in the RIBA President’s Medal two years ago, Kengo Kuma’s ceiling from his Stone Museum…

]]> By: fly http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-130101 fly Mon, 26 May 2008 20:27:59 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-130101 is it true that the US has no memorial to slavery ? is it true that the US has no memorial to slavery ?

]]> By: edward http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-129950 edward Mon, 26 May 2008 13:23:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-129950 No disrespect to Mr. Chamber's fine work, but I would prefer a structure with a smaller foot print on this small spit of land. Say a torus, elevated, recalling the ouroboros in the meaning of all is one, with visitors moving through chambers having the same visceral effect as the design. Just a thought. No disrespect to Mr. Chamber’s fine work, but I would prefer a structure with a smaller foot print on this small spit of land. Say a torus, elevated, recalling the ouroboros in the meaning of all is one, with visitors moving through chambers having the same visceral effect as the design. Just a thought.

]]> By: Mattia http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-129614 Mattia Sun, 25 May 2008 22:25:42 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-129614 Exceptional and necessary. Really fine work that I would love to see built as shown. Exceptional and necessary. Really fine work that I would love to see built as shown.

]]> By: edward http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/comment-page-1/#comment-129501 edward Sun, 25 May 2008 18:33:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/25/island-of-memory-by-britton-chambers/#comment-129501 Highest marks for realistic documentation. The room that suggests a ships hole with a grate/hatch above was particularly powerful. But I wonder if the project might benefit from being more compact and perhaps relating to the fort and the site in a more sensitive way. Highest marks for realistic documentation. The room that suggests a ships hole with a grate/hatch above was particularly powerful. But I wonder if the project might benefit from being more compact and perhaps relating to the fort and the site in a more sensitive way.

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