Memories Come to the Surface: Pavement Memorials in Urban Public Spaces

Memorials installed within public pavements are a recent, distinctive genre in terms of their forms, subjects, audiences and custodianship. Through international examples, this paper examines their varied materials and designs, and their differing placement in relation to the pavement surface, the l...

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Published inJournal of urban design Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 273 - 290
Main Authors Stevens, Quentin, Ristic, Mirjana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nottingham Routledge 15.03.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Historic buildings & sites
Memorials & monuments
Memory
Public infrastructure
Public investment
Public spaces
Urban space
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ISSN1357-4809
1469-9664
DOI10.1080/13574809.2015.1009010

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Summary:Memorials installed within public pavements are a recent, distinctive genre in terms of their forms, subjects, audiences and custodianship. Through international examples, this paper examines their varied materials and designs, and their differing placement in relation to the pavement surface, the location of the events commemorated and the wider cityscape. It analyzes the particular visual and tactile encounters they frame for the passing public. These commemorative installations sit in tension with the complex ownership, regulation, use and maintenance of the public right-of-way. They also engage with specific physical and representational opportunities that the public pavement presents for commemoration.
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ISSN:1357-4809
1469-9664
DOI:10.1080/13574809.2015.1009010