James Kalsbeek

James Kalsbeek specializes in topics related to memory and architecture, the mnemonic function of architecture, the history of the memory arts, and the architecture of Rome. He is also engaged in projects of reclamation, reuse, and demolition that dovetail with his research interests in architectural hospice and the palliative care of buildings. His design and reclamation activities, combined with his research on the memory arts, are driven by an overarching concern for how buildings are preserved in the memory, how they help us remembe, and the resulting trauma when they’re lost and forgotten.