Totems
Title
Date
2022
Client
N/A
Memory is fragile, yet it demands form. Our proposal for Los Angeles’s Memorial to the 1871 Chinese Massacre takes shape as a series of totems, vertical markers rising from the ground. Each one acknowledges the Chinese immigrant community whose lives were taken, their histories erased by violence. Arranged in sequence, the totems create a landscape of reflection and respect. Architecture here becomes witness, honoring memory while making absence visible in public space.
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Totems
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Memory is fragile, yet it demands form. Our proposal for Los Angeles’s Memorial to the 1871 Chinese Massacre takes shape as a series of totems, vertical markers rising from the ground. Each one acknowledges the Chinese immigrant community whose lives were taken, their histories erased by violence. Arranged in sequence, the totems create a landscape of reflection and respect. Architecture here becomes witness, honoring memory while making absence visible in public space.
Title
Totems
Date
2022
Client
N/A
Memory is fragile, yet it demands form. Our proposal for Los Angeles’s Memorial to the 1871 Chinese Massacre takes shape as a series of totems, vertical markers rising from the ground. Each one acknowledges the Chinese immigrant community whose lives were taken, their histories erased by violence. Arranged in sequence, the totems create a landscape of reflection and respect. Architecture here becomes witness, honoring memory while making absence visible in public space.
Title
Totems
Date
2022
Client
N/A