2008 © Maxim Tabachnik
Central Staircase and Courtyard
This symmetrical staircase (18th c.) once led to the upper quarters of slave traders, while the enslaved were confined below. Its elegant symmetry conceals a brutal order, where beauty served domination and a few steps separated power from despair. The design exposes how architecture itself enforced hierarchy within the slave system.
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