Architecture in Low Res

2015 · space, image, text

When direct access to a place is impossible, degraded images and partial testimony become architectural evidence rather than mere substitutes.

The work examines how distance, political instability, destruction, and mediation alter what can be known about a site. Instead of treating low-resolution material as deficient documentation, it reads pixels, gaps, reconstructions, and conflicting accounts as evidence of those conditions. The thesis established a visual and ethical foundation for later projects concerned with damaged archives, spatial memory, and the limits of polished representation.

Cinematic Rail Type: 8-card foundational archive rail
Method: comparative reading of degraded images, testimony, and digital proxies
Lineage: foundational research for later spatial-memory projects
Status: completed architectural thesis; concise public case study in development