• sonia syed
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  • no. 7

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  • sonia syed
  • selected works
  • research
  • essays
  • no. 7

Reconstructing Conservation

This is a declaration stating that this is a new set of conservation codes that supersedes the existing document.

How can the dismantling of St Paul’s dome provide more value? As mentioned by Lewis Mumford, the very value of social history lies in the act of detachment. The cycling of heritage and value through architecture is questioned. The proposal sits as a new way of understanding conservation; one that takes into account the design of a building’s death along with its birth. By designing an expiry date of the physical object, there is space to allow for a narrative to be written into the gradual erasure of materiality. The proposal is constantly evolving to the point that it is delisted.

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CONSERVATION AREA BOOK.jpg
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