JAA Reimagines Grenfell as a Black Concrete Memorial Tower
London-based JAA studio has released a new proposal to transform Grenfell Tower into a black concrete memorial to victims of the fire. Encasing the burnt-out shell, a solemn sarcophagus of 224 concrete panels would wrap the facade to anchor the tragedy in collective memory. Titled Grenfell Tower: in Memoriam, the concept does not claim to be an answer but an alternative way of thing about the site and its new-found sanctity after disaster. As JAA states, "the city needs its scars."
Grenfell Tower: In Memoriam . Image via Darc Studio
London-based JAA studio has released a new proposal to transform Grenfell Tower into a black concrete memorial to victims of the fire. Encasing the burnt-out shell, a solemn sarcophagus of 224 concrete panels would wrap the facade to anchor the tragedy in collective memory. Titled Grenfell Tower: in Memoriam, the concept does not claim to be an answer but an alternative way of thing about the site and its new-found sanctity after disaster. As JAA states, "the city needs its scars."
Grenfell Tower: In Memoriam . Image via Darc Studio
Last year, the Grenfell fire engulfed the 24-story west London tower and resulted in the death of 72 people. The fire began in the kitchen of a fourth-floor flat and spread to the exterior, where flammable cladding, failed fire doors, and uPVC window frames allowed the fire to spread up the building and into higher floors. Expert witnesses testified that a numbe...
Grenfell Tower: In Memoriam . Image via Darc Studio
London-based JAA studio has released a new proposal to transform Grenfell Tower into a black concrete memorial to victims of the fire. Encasing the burnt-out shell, a solemn sarcophagus of 224 concrete panels would wrap the facade to anchor the tragedy in collective memory. Titled Grenfell Tower: in Memoriam, the concept does not claim to be an answer but an alternative way of thing about the site and its new-found sanctity after disaster. As JAA states, "the city needs its scars."
Grenfell Tower: In Memoriam . Image via Darc Studio
Last year, the Grenfell fire engulfed the 24-story west London tower and resulted in the death of 72 people. The fire began in the kitchen of a fourth-floor flat and spread to the exterior, where flammable cladding, failed fire doors, and uPVC window frames allowed the fire to spread up the building and into higher floors. Expert witnesses testified that a numbe...
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