The Cultural Memory House
Tutor
Amalia Katopodis (Cordinator)
Prof. Robert Mull
Sangram Shirke
The Cultural Memory House emerges from a deep personal and collective need to preserve, protect, and transmit cultural identity among displaced individuals.
closer perspective
Rooted in my own lived experience as a refugee, the project is a response to continuous displacement
and the loss of tangible and intangible heritage that follows it
and the loss of tangible and intangible heritage that follows it
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The design is guided by the idea of restoring memories — gathering fragments of personal and collective histories, traditions, stories, and rituals, and giving them a space where they can be remembered, celebrated, and shared.
Invitations made to host a cultural Café & workshop in UMA
The architectural form and spatial organization of the Cultural Memory House
are informed by the concept of an evolving archive:
are informed by the concept of an evolving archive:
concept illustration on the evolving archive
The cultural basis:
key elements/moments
work as generative moments of varied cultural products in an imbracing cultural memory house.
key elements/moments
work as generative moments of varied cultural products in an imbracing cultural memory house.
A living repository of refugee experiences that grows through participation,
storytelling, and communal engagement.
storytelling, and communal engagement.
Market in the qaurtyard under the