The Interplay of Architecture and Elements of Design at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights: Their Impact on Visitors' Experience of Memory Reparation

Subsequent to Allende’s death, Augusto Pinochet lead a military dictatorship, and political violence in Chile resulted in “more than 3,000 killed, 30,000 tortured, and 80,000 incarcerated.” The 1973-1990 coup d’état transformed Chilean democracy into an atrocious dictatorship. In post- conflict periods of the 19th and early 20th centuries, political reconciliation within the country depended on resistance to impunity, following a quest for justice in the name of social peace and governability. This Chilean approach to political reconciliation promoted a multiparty system spanning the political spectrum, enforcing the participation of conservatives, communists and socialists. The Museum of Memory and Human Rights was created to make known the systematic human rights violations by the Chilean state, and to promote ethical reflection about memory and human rights so that ‘Never Again’ will these events that attack human dignity be repeated. In order to unveil visitor’s experience of...Show moreSubsequent to Allende’s death, Augusto Pinochet lead a military dictatorship, and political violence in Chile resulted in “more than 3,000 killed, 30,000 tortured, and 80,000 incarcerated.” The 1973-1990 coup d’état transformed Chilean democracy into an atrocious dictatorship. In post- conflict periods of the 19th and early 20th centuries, political reconciliation within the country depended on resistance to impunity, following a quest for justice in the name of social peace and governability. This Chilean approach to political reconciliation promoted a multiparty system spanning the political spectrum, enforcing the participation of conservatives, communists and socialists. The Museum of Memory and Human Rights was created to make known the systematic human rights violations by the Chilean state, and to promote ethical reflection about memory and human rights so that ‘Never Again’ will these events that attack human dignity be repeated. In order to unveil visitor’s experience of memory reparation at the MMHR, this research aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the interplay of the architectural elements of design at the MMHR. The interaction of elements at the MMHR: its form, extensive use of glass, structural systems, design of the exhibition allowing for the inclusion of different modes of display of multimedia within the exhibit, will bring forth how their combination elicits a regime of memory experience and remembrance on museum visitors.Show less

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The Interplay of Architecture and Elements of Design at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights: Their Impact on Visitors' Experience of Memory Reparation