Mazar of the Treasury
A Pilgrimage in the Taklamakan Desert, of Data Centers and Destroyed Heritage Sites
M.P.A. Touzet (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
F. Geerts – Mentor (TU Delft - Theory, Territories & Transitions)
G. Koskamp – Mentor (TU Delft - Design of Constrution)
N. Sanaan Bensi – Mentor (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / A)
N.N. Awan – Mentor (TU Delft - Theory, Territories & Transitions)
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Abstract
This project embraces the latent tensions and conflicts within the mysterious Taklamakan Desert, where cultural history is being rewritten within the contemporary paradigm of surveillance capitalism. By binding the national demand for data centers with the archaeological excavation of destroyed heritage sites, the material and cultural memory of the people remains with a translation to the digital realm, and the forbidden rituals facilitated in a subdued manner to avoid conflict with the larger national agenda.