Day Before War

The impact of trauma on our memory of architecture. Through excerpts from memoirs, this project explores pre-war memories of dwelling spaces. Layers of transparency separate what was forgoten from what was remembered. The replacement of omissions become vital to making rational pieces of architecture that function as we are conditioned to expect. The absence of a door creates a room closed on all four sides; the loss of a stair makes levels all but useless. A surrealist undertone is exposed which unveils the true essence of a memory. It allows for disobedience against the rules of logic, gravity, and order.