Week 9: Cities and Memory

Cities and Memory

For a space for become a place, John A. Agnew mentions that certain requirements need to be met: 

1. You need to be able to answer the question of 'Where?' Where is the location?
2. The locale of the space needs to be determined, what sort of characteristics the space has
3. A personal and emotional attachment people have to the space 

It is important that people have memories of a place, this gives the space a purpose, a meaning. This is how architecture thrives, through the users providing an emotional attachment to the place. Memories of a place can be created in various different settings and become physical form through various types of architecture. These could be squares or parks that relate to the urban environment of the city. On a more personal point of view, these could be schools, old street or house. However, it all comes back to having a memory of the space, without the memories then it is just your normal school or square. 

Cites and Architecture correlate to history and memories. Everyone has some sort of connection to places, and these places are usually linked to a history. The history of the place begins with the peoples emotional attachment to the space, which then in turn develops into architecture. 

Empire State Building - Image sourced from: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com

Eiffel Tower - Image sourced from: http://www.fanpop.com

More popular places usually are a place for people to create memories, as it becomes the memory of more and more people, it continues to become more significant to the people around the world.