Grenfell Tower Memorial

Mourning and Reattachment

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

M.P. Lauri Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

R. Cavallo Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
H.F. Eckardt Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
A.S. Alkan Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

13-07-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

On June 14 in 2017, 72 people lost their lives and hundreds of families were left homeless as the Grenfell tower block caught fire in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea within the inner-city of London. The tragedy has shaken the society, highlighting the conflict between privileged and unprivileged within the city’s society, as most of the victims were ethnic minorities living below the poverty line. The research aims to analyze and unfold the underlaying issues relating to the fire, looking at the social as well as spatial condition of the Grenfell Tower’s surrounding area. The research draws upon Charles Booth’s poverty maps from over a century ago as well as current Deprivation maps and Space Syntax theories, intending to understand the geometry of poverty in the city. Through the specific case of the Tower fire, the relationship between social and spatial tension will be addressed. Eventually, this paper also suggests an architectural intervention, in the form of a memorial on the authentic site of the fire. The design solution could hopefully bring justice to the people affected by the fire and point the society towards hope again.