Project Details
- Project Name
- National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre (Allied Works)
- Location
- London
- Architect
- Allied Works Architecture
- Client/Owner
- United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial
- Shared by
- Hanley Wood LLC
- Consultants
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Arup,Robert Montgomery,The Olin Studio,The Olin Studio,Allied Info Works,Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture,PFB Construction Management Services Ltd,BuroHappold,Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners
- Project Status
- Concept Proposal
Project Description
FROM THE U.K. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION:
We stand at a moment of transition – a time when those who lived through the Holocaust and witnessed the atrocities first-hand will no longer be present to provide testimony. Our proposal for the memorial is not an object, but the creation of a sacred space to serve the voices of survivors. It rises from the grounds of Victoria Tower Gardens, woven into the daily life of London. Folding back like a prayer shawl, it holds visitors in an embrace with the spoken word while framing a view to Parliament, underlining our shared accountability. Marked with a poet’s blessing, the Memorial and Learning Centre provide a place where all may come to hear the voice of our shared humanity and be inspired to take action against those who would deny it. It is a place to gather, listen, learn and remember – a space for Britain and the entire world.
