Reconstructing Memory: Ruins, Interiors, and the Politics of Preservation

Preservation is approached here as a negotiation with time rather than a fixation on image. From seismic rehabilitation of earthen fortifications to contemporary structures layered over ruins and the critique of interior erasure, the contributions expose how architecture embodies memory unevenly. Structural continuity, material repair, and spatial loss intersect, revealing tensions between conservation narratives and the fragile persistence of lived experience.