1994 marked the unofficial end of the Northern Ireland Troubles; fourteen years later history has only begun to be covered by a new lease of life. The fragility of Belfast has lead to its vulnerability from commercial developments and apprehension to identify the city’s people through the public realm. Society struggles to retain its memory, in fear that history is repeated and through the natural process of grieving and respect.
The materiality of the scheme represents the history Belfast as a monument and gesture to the lives lost in addition to people that experienced the Troubles. Steel is symbolically the primary material used within the proposal.
The relationship of the City’s music culture is developed within the scheme to reconnect the divided communities.
The Belfast Intervention proposes a Belfast of Place, a Belfast of Memory, a Belfast of Reflection, in essence an integrated museum city, with renewed positivity and regeneration.

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