Driven by the theme of memory and using the typology of the crossroad as another
public building/space, four empty abandoned plots-fragments are chosen, and link
into a building complex: a library, an archive of the Greek presence in the
neighbourhood, a museum of Greek heritage, and a memory/experience tower for
Fener in Istanbul.
In a way I propose an architectural device to deal with processes of memory
accumulation & memory loss where the trace becomes an abstract machine for
recording meaning. The understanding of memory as a device and how this can take
a form of a ‘memory palace’ as a storage place (existing or imaginary) has informed
the decisions in both the chosen site and the proposed program.
A contemporary ‘memory palace’ where each visitor can ‘store’ his own memories,
creating a personal mental map and linking the past with the present.
