And I wondered: How could spaces be designed to enable mourning processes?
From this initial route, my project took many turns. Perhaps this is oscillation too. Open the gaze, take a step, consolidate; and look up again, find new orientation, re-compose… Breathe out, and breathe in, again. (2/2)

Klinik Hietzing. This is where my research came together last March. Located in the outskirts of Vienna, close to the forest. I intended to work in depth with this place and its people. To know more about grief for losses that come with illness. For patients, their kin, and their caring staff. (1/2)

Moving from expressing grief, to avoiding it, to remembering the time before, to doing new things...

I realised that in these past few months, I have learned to oscillate. And this embodied knowledge will continue to inform my work on Mourning Spaces, and beyond. (4/4)

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For my research, I came across The Dual Process Model by Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut, which really resonated woth me. It describes how grievers live and deal with loss-oriented and restoration-oriented stressors, and the oscillation between those two spheres is where the healing happens. (3/4)

Last year, I cried, I slept, oh did I sleep! I have knitted 2 vests, 2 socks and 1 unintentionally oversized pullover, still waiting for its collar. I’ve built a morning routine, and an inconsistent evening routine to ground myself on days of grief and restlessness, and on joyful days, too. (2/4)

I received a Margarete-Schütte-Lihotzky project grant for architecture research. (YAY!) In the past months, I made space for myself, my health and my research on ‘Mourning Spaces’. I’ve been filling my cup with forests and rest, with trust and love. (1/4)

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