We’re following the engagements of team member @vernelle Noel! See our re-share below: Project by Alejandro Ruck-Vega @aelcien_ from my interdisciplinary studio with Aerospace Engineering on the Chattahoochee Brick Company site in Atlanta, Georgia. The site is one of pervasive tension. Countless atrocities were committed there through the use and exploitation of convict laborers who were worked to death to benefit company shareholders including Atlanta Mayor, James English. Teams were required to conduct deep historical research, and design a pavilion that would serve as a memorial and exhibition space for public education. “By Human Hands” Pavilion by – Alejandro Ruck-Vega (video) Death, in any form, appears to us unacceptable – but tragedy is unavoidable. When we accept this fact, we can choose to take life as being without purpose - yet societies build memorials. Christian scripture would imply that facing our pain – and pushing through it – allows even the most bitter and broken of us to find healing and hope. The now-razed Chattahoochee Brick Company once forced poor Americans accused of outrageous crimes to work as slaves to produce the bricks that built Atlanta. “By Human Hands” is a theoretical proposal meant to generate momentum towards transforming this sacred site today. In a narrative of steel and stone, the weight of the world is suspended around you as you lose touch with the earth. In a moment of reflection, you raise up the names of those who built our world. Perhaps, through confrontation, truth, and reverence, healing may find its way to this land. By human hands. #design #architecture #chattahoocheebrickcompany #atlanta #georgia #history #slaverybyanothername #gtarch #brick #tensegrity #pavillion

Posted by Marielle P Barrow at 2022-05-12 16:43:46 UTC