Matthew King Yin Lam, Adri Anupam Saha, Jamie Yim Fung Lee
Unbound
Matthew King Yin Lam, Adri Anupam Saha, Jamie Yim Fung Lee
Unbound
Unbound
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About
This project reimagines embassy design by challenging traditional wall and boundary concepts. While walls and boundaries help to ensure the safety and privacy of the building occupants, its hostile appearance are often to the detriment of the embassy, which should be a haven for citizens requiring assistance in foreign land. By examining the differences between the nature of Indigenous territories and western territories, it can be gathered that the walls and boundaries that we see today are the result of westernized ideals. Rooted in the fear of potential harm to the community within, walls and boundaries are erected today to justify the control of the movement of people in or out, which have often resulted in strained relationships between the people divided by borders, invisible or not.
On the contrary, Indigenous concepts suggest that land and resources are shared among those living on it, that territories can be temporal and responsive. In response, this Embassy seeks to blur boundaries, emphasizing journeys and communal spaces over separation. The design embodies a desire for Canada to reconcile and unite people no matter their differences.
About
This project reimagines embassy design by challenging traditional wall and boundary concepts. While walls and boundaries help to ensure the safety and privacy of the building occupants, its hostile appearance are often to the detriment of the embassy, which should be a haven for citizens requiring assistance in foreign land. By examining the differences between the nature of Indigenous territories and western territories, it can be gathered that the walls and boundaries that we see today are the result of westernized ideals. Rooted in the fear of potential harm to the community within, walls and boundaries are erected today to justify the control of the movement of people in or out, which have often resulted in strained relationships between the people divided by borders, invisible or not.
On the contrary, Indigenous concepts suggest that land and resources are shared among those living on it, that territories can be temporal and responsive. In response, this Embassy seeks to blur boundaries, emphasizing journeys and communal spaces over separation. The design embodies a desire for Canada to reconcile and unite people no matter their differences.
On the contrary, Indigenous concepts suggest that land and resources are shared among those living on it, that territories can be temporal and responsive. In response, this Embassy seeks to blur boundaries, emphasizing journeys and communal spaces over separation. The design embodies a desire for Canada to reconcile and unite people no matter their differences.
