The program i chose as an example of political architecture is the columbarium. The proposed columbaria is a building in which to store the cremated remains of US war veterans ranging from the Gulf War to the present.
The program plans to address issues pertaining to the role of the soldier within the political sphere of the bios. What is the relationship between the soldier's personal life - and their duty to his or her sovereign?
Some of the issues engendered in the columbaria are:
- social roles of the military service
- elevation of status (internal and external to service)
- symbolism and memory
- integration of landscape
- biopolitics
The proposed columbaria will attempt to redefine the characteristics of funerary architecture, making the structure primarily a space for memory and reflection, but also as a catalyst for social production leading to a more personalized integration of the bios and polis in American society.
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