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HARVESTING MEMORIES

Project Description by Team: Celje's industrial past has consolidated an uncomfortable legacy, but one that we cannot shy away from. Faced with a position of rejection and distance, we believe that an imaginary of affection and care can emerge from this toxic past. We are talking about architectural heritage, abandoned buildings and industrial landmarks. But not only. The memory of the place is also hidden under the ground, moves through the air or flows into the water.
"Harvesting memories" defends that it is essential to delicately work on these legacies, taking advantage of the intelligences of the "natural world", but also those present in technology and of the locals. Ultimately, the project does not defend a conclussion, but a methodology to be able to live, safely, with the problem.

Jury Statement: "[...] Of all the projects that looked more closely at phytoremediation, the jury considers this project to be the most successful. Compared to other projects proposing to build large scale buildings for the treatment of soil, this project proposes a lighter intervention and uses the site as a scientific experiment.  By creating a network of roads and pathways the project gives an incredible amount of accessibility to all parts of the site. Nevertheless, the nature of landscape design elements feels overdesigned."