Within a nation’s substratum is the dedicated subculture of its armed forces. Collectively organised to defend the interests of a population against external threat, synonymous with branches of the military across an international scope. Inclusive of this encompassing faction of society, a dedicated infrastructure of housing, schools, medical facilities, logistics and financial aid provides serving personnel, veterans and their families with a municipality of shared experience and understanding of military life. Within these military metropolises exist real individuals with authentic experiences and valid emotive circumstances when they are both in and out of uniform.
The Frontline Mind is a landscape intervention that actively demands rumination, reflection and discussion by responding to the reverberations of military deployments experienced by serving personnel, veterans, their families and wider communities. 4 designated zones; ‘physicality’, ‘conversation’, ‘remembrance’ and ‘reflection’ will guide the multifaceted journeys of all visitors and will present the opportunity for users to contemplate their sense of self and place within the site; RAF Stenigot, Lincolnshire formerly part of the Chain Home radar network, chosen to reinvigorate the disregarded memory of the site whilst contributing to preserving history and thus the future education of mental health experiences within the military.
Designed by Hanna Lorenz.
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The Frontline Mind landscape intervention visualises zone 1: physicality, zone 2: conversation, zone 3: remembrance and zone 4: reflection.Portfolio Item 2
Holistic view of the relationship between zones 1 to 4 and the journey visitors can manipulate to their needs. Portfolio Item 3
Interior narrative and journey that visitors will embark upon, entranceways guiding individuals without enforcing a predetermined pathway. Portfolio Item 4
In zone 1: physicality, visitors will be presented with a chronology of artefact, object and true account of the tangibility of military deployments and their representation over time. Portfolio Item 5
zone 1: physicality - Artefact and content exhibition style zone with interactivity through The Frontline Mind app.Portfolio Item 6
zone 2: conversation - Discussion and event zone with amphitheatre seating and access to zone 4 through doorways in glazing.Portfolio Item 7
zone 3: remembrance - Memorial zone whereby visitors can choose to pause and interact with personal memorial stones, applied for within The Frontline Mind through the app or touchtable within zone 1.Portfolio Item 8
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