Scaffolded Reactor
Scaffolded Reactor begins by viewing the city through the lens of Sigmund Freud’s theory of dream work, based on the idea that memory, identity, and imagination are reorganised during sleep. In an area undergoing rapid regeneration, the project proposes architecture as a choreographer of cognitive states, collecting memories from local communities and using them as cues within a sequence of spaces that guide users through conscious, semi-subconscious, and fully subconscious states. Through this dream-like process, memories of the site are reinterpreted and translated back into the city as a new spatial language, creating stronger forms of attachment, belonging, and collective understanding.
