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Urban Egress Japan
Columbia GSAPP
Masters Academic Work with Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen
An Urban Egress built alongside the hybridized cemetery district in Japan synchronises the fragmented figure of the tombstones and the living city by inhabiting new ways of preserving the memories of the deceased ones.
Resonating with the city grid, the Egress programmatically embraces the idea of memory in 4 ways :
i) Soft skin : The cultural convention of reincarnation leads to various animal cafes whereby the animals become the containers of the energy of the deceased ones.
ii) Belonging : The egress encompasses storage spaces to store the belongings of the deceased ones as memories.
iii) Contemplation areas : Transitional spaces that act like portals into the other world.
iv) Pilgrimage path : The egress connects all the shrines and acts like a pilgrimage path for the shinto festival.
i) Soft skin : The cultural convention of reincarnation leads to various animal cafes whereby the animals become the containers of the energy of the deceased ones.
ii) Belonging : The egress encompasses storage spaces to store the belongings of the deceased ones as memories.
iii) Contemplation areas : Transitional spaces that act like portals into the other world.
iv) Pilgrimage path : The egress connects all the shrines and acts like a pilgrimage path for the shinto festival.
