ABSTRACT
Monuments are the most obvious means by which buildings have been used to evoke memory. These typically mark significant events, and often the locations where they occurred. The resting places of the deceased represent the most ancient examples of this type. In the field of architecture, Stanford Anderson has drawn a similar distinction between “societal” and “disciplinary” memory. Anderson associates the latter with the development of written histories, which eventually replaced societal memory in most human endeavors, including building design. The gulf between architectural and societal memory grew even wider in 1980s, when appreciation of Postmodern buildings seems to have been limited to an even narrower elite within the architectural profession. It was mainly in response to public rejection of mainstream modernist buildings that groups such as Team 10 emerged in the 1960s promoting a more socially-based design agenda. This was when the effectiveness of vernacular buildings in meeting societal needs began being contrasted with failures of professionally designed architecture.
