Sadscape
Master´s Thesis in Architecture
Gothenburg, 2020
Natalie Blom
Abstract
Sadscape is a search for an architecture derived from emotions of loss through the exploration of poetry. Believing that by using poetry to inform design, a space of high emotional resonance and beauty can be discovered.
The wider discourse of this project is in the societal disconnection to loss. In our secular urbanity, the church is no longer a place where people go to express and work through sadness. Public display of negative emotion is rare, and to openly grieve is almost exclusively done at funerals. A grieving process never really ends, but it can progress – this is where I believe architecture can fill an emotional function. It can make us feel, and make us reflect.
The wider discourse of this project is in the societal disconnection to loss. In our secular urbanity, the church is no longer a place where people go to express and work through sadness. Public display of negative emotion is rare, and to openly grieve is almost exclusively done at funerals. A grieving process never really ends, but it can progress – this is where I believe architecture can fill an emotional function. It can make us feel, and make us reflect.
