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UK HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
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Victoria Tower Park, London, UK
2017
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2 Stage Competition
Landscape Architects
Lily Jencks Studio, John McAslan+ Partners and MASS Design Group
Image by John McAslan+Partners and MASS Design Group
In Jewish tradition, the laying of a stone at a grave marks the loved ones who have come to remember the deceased.This simple act binds generations together. The legacy of the Holocaust - or Shoah - is not just the elimination of nearly 6 million Jews; but the grievous loss of generations that never came to be—millions of stones yet to be placed.
The memorial is sunken into the ground, with ramps leading the visitor to a 6 million stones installation at the centre of the memorial.
Images by John McAslan+Partners and MASS Design Group
Visitors will be invited to make a pledge to do more to stop future atrocities and take one stone as a mark of this pledge.
Image by John McAslan+Partners and MASS Design Group
Once the stones are removed an amphitheatre will be revealed providing a new space for interaction and remembering the holocaust.
Lily Jencks Studio: Lily Jencks, Mieke Tanghe, John Yim.
Collaborators: John McAslan+ Partners and MASS Design Group