An essay in memory and being : the Jewish museum in Berlin

Abstract

How can our bodies be transferred beyond their own boundaries, beyond a world that is predictable through forms, paths, and patterns, so as to arrive at a state of the unknown, nevertheless, a state of recognition and recollection? In order to answer this question, it must be known that the value of memory is embedded within every form and every being; however it requires a level of recognition and appreciation, so as to form a profound relationship between the past, present and the future within architecture. In light of this, the aim of this dissertation is to discover the potential of our surrounding environment in becoming an experience, by embracing the uniqueness of the individual with the respect towards the issue of memory.