
Anti-Monument
Monuments were historically constructed during civilizations’ peaks, leaving a society’s eternal mark on Earth. Non-Architecture posited the question what a monument for 2020 could look
Monuments were historically constructed during civilizations’ peaks, leaving a society’s eternal mark on Earth. Non-Architecture posited the question what a monument for 2020 could look
This is an object submitted for Folly Art Norg 2020. It was selected for construction out of 104 other designs, and will be built in
Graduation project of Justin Agyin (June 6, 2019) Rotterdam Havenstad is no more and the westward move of the port has allowed for the city
Everybody seems to have a memory or association with these kinds of places. I am talking about the Shell refinery in the Port of Rotterdam, once the biggest refinery in the world, still the biggest oil refinery in Europe. Similar places, like DSM in the south of the Netherlands or the petrochemical complexes in the ports of Antwerp and Hamburg, bring back memories of sitting in the back of your parents’ car while driving back from a summer holiday, in awe of the magically shimmering lights of seemingly endless industrial sites, like technological cities glowing in the evening sky. Inaccessible, almost alienating environments exist behind their gates, unknown to the public yet incredibly important for our daily lives.
The island San Giorgio Maggiore is located on the Canale della Giudecca in Venice, opposite the Piazza San Marco. The Canale della Giudecca here becomes