Lichen, moss, grass, meadow, and tree are gradually becoming the dominant landscape in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Traces of its industrial history are slowly vanishing in the face of inaction. In these Slate Landscapes of Northwest Wales, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Cultural Sites, how can we prolong the memory of the slate mines as the world and climate is changing?

This project proposes an open form of monument, through reviving memories as traces in the living landscape. With the help of in-situ material, plant, weather, and the passage of time, a new walking route guides visitors through the hills allowing them to imagine the past industrial life and ponder the essential value of the slate landscape as an artifact and monument.