The Nevermore Institute of Hauntology; A Reconstruction of the House of Usher
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The Nevermore Institute of Hauntology; A Reconstruction of the House of
Usher is an architectural project based on an interpretation of Edgar
Allan Poe’s short story The Fall of The House of Usher. The project
takes on some of the ideas from a contemporary science fiction novel and
television series called Altered Carbon. The project and dissertation
make various assumptions around themes of the Gothic in architecture,
family, and concepts of lo ngevity, with respect to Mark Fisher’s
concept of Hauntology. The project portrays the idea that the decline of
the body and the decline of the physical house in The Fall of the House
of Usher is parallel to Altered Carbon’s notion of living forever. The
proposal explores longevity through architecture to reconstruct the
members of the House of Usher, through consciousness-uploading
technologies and genetic engineering, creating a psychological
phenomenon.
Read the preliminary design report here