Framing History
Eugene Woo & Peter Song
University of Waterloo
Amount
$2,000
Faculty Advisors
Terri Meyer Boake & Cam Parkin
The world lost a part of history in the Notre Dame fire of April 2019. Framing History is not a political stance on the controversial issue of whether Notre-Dame should be rebuilt. Instead, the pavilion is about appreciating the raw beauty of Notre-Dame that we cannot find anywhere else. The threshold of the pavilion frames the spire that was once there, but no more. The void between the two points of the pavilion serves as a reminder to the visitors and the citizens of France that we must appreciate Notre-Dame for what it is right now. The pavilion is not about the past or the future. It is about being able to experience history at this very moment for what it is.
At a time of mourning for the past, the pavilions stands 13 metres tall in from of all 69 metres of Notre-Dame’s facade. At a time of mourning for Notre-Dame, we stand in unity.
