Flow of Remembrance by yehsen su from usa

From the highly pragmatic logistics of what we do with dead bodies, to temporal repositories of public and personal archive, to the eviscerating intensity of grief - new spaces of mortality contribute to the civic life of the city

The old Croton aqueduct has been decommissioned for over a century. Forgotten underground tunnels provide space for an urban archive of human remains. Light counteracts the underground darkness in an archive that shifts and fills across centuries.

Water bears significant meaning in ritual and religious beliefs°Xits varied qualities offer comfort and emotional resonance.

As a byproduct of resomation. Returning sacred water to the aqueduct symbolizes infinite connection with past generations.

This project engages the objective, material world, no longer bound to conventions unsuitable to megacities and their diverse mega-populace. Conceptual and operational positions critically contend with time, duration, transience, and the liberation of letting go

The flow of time heals loss; the flow of water aids in letting go.

Responding to contextual circumstance, the archive is zoned for different stages of mourning. Immersion in the tunnel is an intimate experience with family. Emergence is a moment of release.