How can architects and designers help communities understand and identify their complex cultural layers and narratives? Valeria Nuyanzina, a Masters of Architecture student at McGill University, has been awarded $5000 to find out. Nuyanzina’s research proposal entitled Stitched Imprints of Living Memory has been awarded the 2018 Scholarship in Honour of Michael Evamy.
“Through
studies
of
casting,
montage
and
narrative,
I
hope
to
understand
in
detail
how
architecture
and
memory
have
the
ability
to
bring
citizens
together.
Architecture
has
the
potential
to
activate
neighbourhoods
by
treasuring
people’s
stories,
supporting
cultural
diversity,
and
evoking
creative
engagement
with
memory.”
-Valeria
Nuyanzina,
Michael
Evamy
Scholarship
Recipient
Congratulations, Valeria!