Files
Date of Award
5-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Architecture
College
Arts and Sciences
Department
Architecture
Faculty Advisor
Stephen Wischer
Studio Coordinator
Stephen Wischer
Faculty Chair
Susan Kliman
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
URI
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Abstract
United States service members and their courageous actions have been the subject of countless monuments and memorials. Most of these are dedicated to events of the past. Never has design told a story about current military members and some of the unseen battles they fight on a regular basis. This thesis will seek to understand individual and communal memory faculties as well as learn from contemporary artistic expressions that focus on the recall of the past. The anti-monument will serve as a case study and combine with these insights to create a memorial that is dedicated to soldiers who have lost their lives to suicide. It will serve as an acknowledgment of a silent adversary that the armed services have been at war with for decades. The architecture will seek to remember what most want to forget and share a story of service that is seldom recognized.
Recommended Citation
Williamson, Cody D., "A Story of Service: Thoughts on Commemorative Architecture and the Anti-Monument" (2025). Architecture Theses. 49.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/architecture-theses/49