Mediated Departure, 22 January 2029

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Title
Mediated Departure, 22 January 2029
Description
Since 9/11, Guantanamo Bay has provided the US with a legal loophole where detainees were captured without the same legal rights as if they were on the American land. Today 30 detainees still remain on site. This thesis proposes a temporary offshore airfield as a conclusion to this notorious past. On Jan 22nd, 2029, press around the world gather at the new airport to witness and document all 30 detainees leaving Guantanamo Bay permanently.
The airfield is an architectural space that accommodates this mediated event. The sequence of actions and the spectating relationship together choreograph an event that would occur only once in history for the specific day of Jan 22nd, 2029.
Creator
Fan, Siyue
Subject
Guantanamo
Architecture
Landscape architecture
Contributor
Waldheim, Charles
Date
2024-09-26T12:05:09Z
2024
2024-05-21
2024
2024-09-26T12:05:09Z
Type
Thesis or Dissertation
text
Format
application/pdf
application/pdf
Identifier
Fan, Siyue. 2024. Mediated Departure, 22 January 2029. Master's thesis, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
31299690
https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37379526
Language
en