TSUNAMI WARNINGS WRITTEN IN STONE - By M. Fackler
A cultural tradition was established to present monuments that will ensure the survival of future generations by marking the Tsunami tide levels along the shore line of North Japan for centuries.
The inspiration in which I drew from the article was the sense of unity that was created despite being derived from such tragedy. The initial act was selfless and out of the general generosity to ensure safety to future villages and generations to come.
To create any type of entity that will prove to serve significant to generations to come is what we all as architects strive to produce. This article makes you re-evaluate the desire to produce iconic, bold or for some even 'selfish' structures as they will eventually be outdated and the initial meaning be lost in transition. In this instance the rawest of materials and basic or built form has conveyed this significant issue.
The stones stand 10 feet in hight along the North shoreline of Japan
Does Brisbane require greater cultural heritage not per-say in built form but in architectural entities. For myself this brings forward the issues of past versus present relation. To often architecture is developed on the bases of having the opportunity to experience historical events through bold or iconic architectural statements that commemorate and or mourn past historical events (for example Anzac square in Brisbane CBD or the newly constructed 9/11 memorial in America). I am by no means suggesting that historical events need not to be expressed through architectural form, I am simply advocating that architects may be selling themselves short of a solution that not only commemorates an event, but creatively expresses educational significance in relation to future decisions, productivity and development based on such a historical event.
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