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representation – invited a range of interpretations and strove to attain maximum accessibility and inspiration.
fig. 3 Inventory General Cargo Hall.
fig. 4 Circular Bricolages Exhibition Setup.
fig. 1 External perspective, rendering.
fig. 2 Many properties have a privately constructed dock with a boat.
Photo: Patricia Griffiths
understanding of our current day and expand on emancipatory potentials of composing our cities by viewing them as non-static collections of events.
fig. 1 User Journey Plan.
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This thesis explores the transformation of Sigmund Freud’s homes in Příbor, Vienna and London into museums. Through archival research, site visits and interviews, I examine how these buildings – once ordinary residences – became public cultural sites. The project revolves around three key themes: the perception of houses and the built environment, relationships between objects and spaces, and the unconscious connections embedded in places where the “unconscious mind” was historically redefined.
inscribed into these spaces and their surroundings. I am using his life as a lens. The project employs a visual and analytical approach, incorporating mapping strategies, drawings, writings and model-making.
A participatory intervention runs alongside this analysis. It explores spatial intersections around Freud’s museums, engaging residents in their perceptions of space and cultural memory. This initiative seeks to reveal unconscious links between people and places across borders.
If buildings and places hold unconscious traces, how can I find, understand and represent them? How do Freud’s former homes, now museums, influence cultural memory, urban perception and the unconscious experience of space? Which methods are suitable for my observation? The research begins by mapping the three houses/museums and tracing what Freud
The findings are presented as an installation that combines historical research, urban analysis and personal narratives to investigate the role of architecture in collective memory. Ultimately, the research questions how seemingly minor historical moments influence contemporary perceptions of architecture and the built environment.
fig. 1 The unconscious strata: drawing of the possible spatial bubbles referencing A.06. No scale.
