Project Description

The architectural project envisions a healing space centered on memory revival, evoking the nostalgia of the 1990s and 2000s childhood while serving as a living museum for future generations. Inspired by the Ludu board game, the four colored zones represent distinct memory realms, with in-between paths acting as walkways guiding visitors through a playful journey.

The Pop Culture Zone celebrates the era’s entertainment—vintage ads, magazines, TV shows, natoks, and cartoons—enhanced with AR/VR experiences of old media, screenings, and exhibitions of retro electronics, CDs/DVDs. 

Family Zone recreates shared traditions through a dim, cave-like space for storytelling during simulated power cuts, a Sony Cybershot camera corner, and papercup phones to mimic landlines. 

School Memories Zone showcases magic balls, Barbie phones, lock diaries, Eid/greeting cards, and chip packet surprise toys, with stalls selling nostalgic snacks and memorabilia. 

Games & Play Zone revives gollachut, borof-pani, fishing game from trade fair, and Nokia Snake game, letting visitors play both physical and mobile classics. 

Designed for any urban outdoor space, each zone is modular and independent, adaptable to pocket sites, negative spaces or combined into a larger venue. The healing intent lies in showing that childhood’s value comes from the time itself, not only from material possessions. While technology today is advanced, it is equally important for the younger generation to know the joys of earlier times. The design bridges generational gaps, fosters empathy, and evokes nostalgia through shared, tangible, and joyful memories.