Jeremy Fung

Living Memory

In the Anthropocene, it is our responsibility to redeem ourselves by reconnecting with nature, leaving behind a legacy of positive change. Inspiration for this project originated from an observation of a living sapling growing on a decaying stump: death fosters the living, while the living memorializes the past. Marking a moment of change, the past shoreline of the site was erased when land was reclaimed for a new coal power plant. As a metaphor for living memory, the proposed intervention memorializes this history of land transformation while remediating the site in an evident way, giving a new reading of the land.

Advisors: Christian Joakim, Gregory Neudorf, and Gilles Saucier 24 Daniels Faculty Thesis Review