The Rock Circle

The Rock Cycle

The project refers to the circles of change. Demolish to rebuild. Disconnect to reconnect. On how materials convey influences, functions, and shapes that layer the heritage of the places they originate from. In relation to memory overlap legacy and place-belonging.   Inspired by the ruins as a testimony of resilience, the work explores absence as a prelude to presence. Decline and rebirth. 

Buildings are material depots in a circular flow of thinking. They highlight the idea of nature as a construction, allowing us to connect contexts and understand the evolution of life and aesthetics. They stand as a testament to resilience and adaptation. Traces of the place are imprinted, leaving their entropic presence.

To feel the space expanding the photographic image, I blend memory, environment, and perception using found materials to allude to its ancestors. In terms of our relationship with materiality, gold is loaded with symbolism. I take the idea of revaluation to think the future from the stories behind.

Heritage is a system of meanings.

What remnants need to be recovered?  

What makes a place to be alive?

How do we treat our urban legacy, regardless of the time period?

The past is shaped by the present. Notions such as tradition, future use, human displacements, environment, and preservation often collide. Inquiring about progress with the narrative of revival, from which to learn, examine, and critique modernism ideals is a key way to reshape our collective values for a world not yet built.