Two imaginative, passionate and highly-motivated content creator teams from King’s College London, are busy building collections of geospatial cultural heritage content using Hexology. A third team, led by Dr Oksana Yarema, is also building a geospatial collection about Ukraine, and news of their collection will be shared in a later post.
All three teams are participating in an Internship on Global Digital Citizenship and Digital Cultural Curation of Global Heritage, and responded to a challenge to create collections about themes set by Hexology, and their outputs and interpretations are starting to emerge: These themes are:
- The Story of King’s College London
- London Architecture
- Destruction of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
Imagine discovering a layer of digital cultural content floating in the air around you, as you explore the places you visit
The Story of King’s College London Collection
For staff, students, visitors and alumni of King’s College London, the KCL Story Collections by Fanting Sun, Jie Ji, Ruolin Hu, Yue Liu and Zili Cong, share diverse, informative and in some cases, insightful views and perspectives. Here is an introduction to their Collections:
• Where Walls Whisper Her Name, by Fanting Sun
Highlighting some of the most inspiring remarkable women from King’s College London, showing how their work and university achievements changed the world. #KCLWoman
• Tracing King’s College London’s Medical Science Legacy, by Jie Ji and Ruolin Hu
Exploring the pioneering work and history of medical science at King’s College London, uncovering the people, places and breakthroughs that shaped DNA research, nursing, disease studies and its impact on science, and society. #KCLMedic
• Student Activism at King’s College London, by Yue Liu
Investigating the legacy of student protests at King’s College London, tracing pivotal moments where students united in solidarity and collective action, to challenge inequality and shape institutional change. #KCLSUAction
• Global Footprints at King’s College London, by Zili Cong
Exploring the University through the lens of international student experiences, uncovering how campus landmarks shape memory, belonging and identity across cultures and time. #KCLInternationalLife
Encouraging inclusive and diverse cultural interpretations of Architecture and Public Space, the multi-cultural content creator team are generating exciting posts that bring some of London’s Architectural Gems to the surface, and add a unique creative spin.
The London Architecture Collections
Jelizaveta Sulenko, Karan Nimsons, Mengling Xu, Giana Yeung, Qiyue Pan, Yifan Zhang, Weilin Chen, Yucheng Li and Zainab Azeem, have chosen varied and distinct, themes, styles and voices.
• Stage Lights of SW1: Victoria’s Theatre Triangle, by Jelizaveta Sulenko
While all eyes are on stage during a dazzling production, I explore the architecture of the three legendary musical theatres around London’s bustling Victoria station.
• Clerical Histories And The Neo-Gothic Revival, by Karan Nimsons
Focusing on London’s neo-gothic revival, I am exploring the hidden histories of the city’s decorated religious buildings. This architectural style is timeless!
• Fleet Street – Echoes of the Press Era, by Mengling Xu
Exploring the historic newspaper industry and their buildings along Fleet Street, revealing how their architecture embodies the legacy of British journalism.
• 200 years & 10 iconic Buildings: A showcase of architectural heritage & innovation, by Giana Yeung
Discover how London’s ancient bricks, stone & mortar create contemporary dreams, and a unique cultural landscape where every era (history) speaks.
• Old London Born Again, by Qiyue Pan
Exploring London’s hidden abandoned buildings, spaces, disused stations & silent docks, showing how these forgotten overlooked places still shape and contribute to the city we see today.
• Creating Architecture: To Be Seen, To Be Cared For, by Yifan Zhang
Looking at how London’s architecture responds to the needs, voices and histories of communities, offering care, presence, and dignity through spatial narrative design.
• Urban Hacking and the Rebirth of London’s Architectural Icons, by Weilin Chen
How modern London transforms the rigid forms of industrial ruins into flexible and hip cultural spaces, where creativity, memory and community intersect through grassroots innovation.
• Brutalist London, by Yucheng Li
Once imagined as bold answers to housing and urban life, London’s Brutalist buildings now tell layered stories of ambition, decline, and reinvention. My collection traces what remains and how concrete changed society.
• Architecture that watches, listens and remembers you! by Zainab Azeem
Spaces that do not speak, but London’s architecture is a living archive. My collection focuses on 4 historic buildings and the stories, emotions, silence and identity they hold, that history overlooks across oceans of time.
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