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RE+FLECT 1966-1976 The Silence of the Cultural Revolution

Wu, Guande
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491306920321301

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2017, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
In contemporary China, the Cultural Revolution(CR) remains a sensitive subject, little examined and discussed. A number of individual memoirs were published, yet the Chinese regime unobtrusively found a way to limit open exchange of the diary, as its subject remians delicate. . The voice wanting to revive this memory is a minority. More importantly, the voice of self-questioning “why does cultural revolution happen?” is even less. Without acknowledging the Chinese Cultural Revolution, one cannot reconnect the past and present; they remain a void of time and space. Without a deep introspection on Cultural Revolution, the CR history may be repeated. Without remembering the painful past of the CR, it is to underestimate the violence which we are capable of. Therefore, it is critical to recollect the fading memory of CR. Artists and writers have already taken actions to protest the right of acknowledging the truth of the CR; however, there is so little that architecture does. Architecture is spatiality, tactual, and light. More importantly, it functions as a three-dimensional journey of hope, a persevering demonstration of the mutual respected beliefs and values that can be transmitted across eras. Hence, this thesis is to challenge if architecture can create an active dialogue with Cultural Revolution by creating a narrative journey based on spatiality, time, and moment. Through the journey, one is able to travel different periods of CR and discover the hidden moment beneath the earth of Tiananmen Square where the CR begins and ends. The goal of the project is to evoke the trauma memory of the CR; one is able to reflect themselves at the moments of Wonder, Archives, Silence, Monotony, and Reflection. Through self- reflection and education, prospectively the tragedy of CR will not happen again.
Elizabeth Riorden, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Vincent Sansalone, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
102 p.
Architecture
Memory; Moments

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  • Wu, G. (2017). RE+FLECT 1966-1976 The Silence of the Cultural Revolution [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491306920321301

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wu, Guande. RE+FLECT 1966-1976 The Silence of the Cultural Revolution. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491306920321301.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wu, Guande. "RE+FLECT 1966-1976 The Silence of the Cultural Revolution." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491306920321301

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