![]() ![]() Design proposal: Columbarium of forgotten drawingsĭo we need to keep old architectural drawings? ![]() In all the cases the act of erasing or forgetting triggers strong memories. Perhaps unintentionally, the recent burning of architectural drawings in Copenhagen represents an irresponsible condemnation of memory. In many other cases, iconoclasm is a clear example of condemned memory. The event caused the loss of many philosophical treatises of the Hundred Schools of Thought. The oldest case happened in Qin Dynasty of ancient China in 213 BCE. Throughout history there have been thousands of cases of burning books, documents, drawings, etc. Many citizens started to discuss what is the value of architectural drawings, and they also criticise the bureaucracy of Copenhagen Municipality. This issue became polemized with the article by Jes Fabricius Møller on ‘Arkitekten’ online media.16 After this, other media such as ‘P1’ and ‘Politiken’ published criticisms against the City of Copenhagen and the City Archive. Since November, 2017, a public issue has been taking place regarding the burning of architectural drawings after digitisation in the Copenhagen City Archive. Analysis of Ib Lunding’s church projectsīurning architectural drawings and Damnatio Memoriae He carried on similar formal expression and explorations on time and space not only in his architecture but also in literature, industrial design and furniture. Lunding’s enthusiasm and dedication to the church series seem to indicate that this was a seed project nurturing his architectural imagination. The diagonally sloping roof follows the sun’s rays from the high “stiffness” to the southwest. The triangular building body has faceted extensions on the large volume. The altar is located in the high narrow southwest part. The church ship is sinking and spreading like wings towards the northeast. As part of the hospital, he designed a church with a chapel which appears as a flying vessel. The first church project appeared in 1931 with the competition of a new psychiatric hospital in Denmark which resulted in a gold medal. Ib Lunding’s church projects 1931 / Unbuiltĭuring the thirties, Lunding participated in several competitions for the church of which all of the proposals have strong character regarding spatial features, shape and orientation of the building. These abstractions are then used as a design tool for creating the new archives for architectural drawings in Denmark corresponding to the recent issue marked by the ‘burning of architectural drawings in the Copenhagen City Archive.’ The project explores the potentiality of oblivion and memory by honoring and condemning unbuilt projects as a process of design towards a mnemonic architecture. From archival research to site visits, the investigation translates into a series of abstract models and drawings that employ the conceptual act of erasing (or condemning)as a way of thinking and making an architecture that both, remembers and forgets Lunding’s unbuilt design. Specifically, the project looks into the role of memory in architecture and its possible spatial translations in relation to Danish unbuilt projects and the analogue drawings that accompany them.įurthermore, the thesis focuses in one unbuilt project, a church, by XX century Danish architect, Ib Lunding. Departing from the Roman practice of ‘Damnatio Memoriae’ (condemned memory) the project works with the physical manifestation of spaces from forgotten architectural memories. The thesis seeks to reflect upon the meaning of memory in architecture. The translations from drawing to building ![]()
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