This project all started when I first entered the Marineterrein. I was sucked in another world. Everything behind me was gone and nobody knew where I was. I stood still in the entrance of the wall, closed my eyes, listened to the sound of the water and the voice of the wall. Through my conversations with the wall, I discovered the value of this element. The wall is the element that makes the Marineterrein the Marineterrein, the wall became the protector and creator of the mysterious land that exists behind the wall today. This presents a positive presence of a wall but in most circumstances, walls are seen with its negative character because it’s used as a physical and emotional barrier that controls and limits.

‘Dear Wall’ presents the different characters of the wall and their ability to influence our behaviour in the built environment. Showing different sides of the wall and opening up a discussion on one of the main elements in architecture.

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If these walls could talk, what would you like to say?