Embedded: A Center for Truth, Witnessing, and Justice
Studio 601 - Fall 2021
Studio 601 - Fall 2021
What does it mean to spatialize justice? Spatializing justice begins with understanding the unjust. What is unjust? Why is it unjust? And how did this injustice come to fruition? Throughout our investigations of the site, its context, and its demographics, we discovered vast disparities which are a result of the systemic oppression rooted in this country’s history of slavery.
My partner, Matthew Zernis, and I propose an intervention using program and spatial techniques to guide one through the hallowed site to a point of healing. Healing is accomplished through a linear progression across different programmatic elements that make this journey transformative. In order to truly heal, one first must investigate the past and learn the undoctored history. Next, one should confront that past, and reflect on their experience. Only then will they have the necessary knowledge and tools to begin to heal. The parti is based on three axes. Two address the Live Oak Plantation, while the third is parallel to the historic Tunic Trace, the ancient path of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe. This parti organization is able to not only address the natural needs of the site, but also reveal and amplify its historical conditions.
O’Boyle Student Competition Boards - 1st Place
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Learning the True History
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Facing the Past
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Green Roof - Ground Condition
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Memorial to the Fallen
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Approach to Healing
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1” = 200’ 3D Printed Model Of Site
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1” = 100’ 3D Printed Model of Project
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1/8” = 1’0” Section Model
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