Reading Architecture - Remembering - Forgetting interplay: Development of a Framework to Study Urban and Object Level Cases

Architecture serves as a dynamic medium for the interplay of remembering and forgetting, embedding cultural and social narratives within urban landscapes. This study introduces a framework to analyze how architectural forms facilitate memory performance at both macro (urban) and micro (object) levels. Through qualitative mapping, archival research, and narrative interviews, the research identifies markers in urban environments that enable remembering while questioning forgetting. Applied to cases like Bangalore, India, and Stari Most (Old Bridge), Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the framework demonstrates that certain architectural features act as 'auratic contact zones,' supporting memory performance. The findings highlight architecture's potential to preserve and challenge collective memory through form and interaction.

Krishnamurthy, S. (2012). Reading Architecture - Remembering - Forgetting interplay: Development of a Framework to Study Urban and Object Level Cases [Bauhaus-Universität Weimar]. https://doi.org/10.25643/BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITAET.1802