The first one is the Women's Monument in Memory - Female Victims of Political Repression in Santiago, Chile. The project is by Oficina De Arquitectura – Emilio Marín + Nicolás Norero, done for the Prize in 2004 and built in 2006-2007.
This is a totally different approach to the memorial topic, full of meanings and strong in its concept. The wall is transparent to look both to the past and future. The material chosen makes everything lighter, not only talking about the design but also as the experience that parents and people that know the victims can feel. I think that this monument is also a way to help people to face a pain like this.
<<A transparent wall that does not divide the lives, that at any time and from any place, allows us to watch towards the past and the future, through the absent faces in the posters that the relatives of the victims of repression take tight to the heart.>>
Sandra Palestro, Award Presentation Speech Memorial Memory Woman, Santiago, September 27, 2004
SOURCE: http://plusmood.com/2008/10/womens-monument-in-memory-oficina-de-arquitectura/
SOURCE: http://plusmood.com/2008/10/womens-monument-in-memory-oficina-de-arquitectura/
SOURCE: http://plusmood.com/2008/10/womens-monument-in-memory-oficina-de-arquitectura/
SOURCE: http://plusmood.com/2008/10/womens-monument-in-memory-oficina-de-arquitectura/
SOURCE: http://plusmood.com/2008/10/womens-monument-in-memory-oficina-de-arquitectura/
SOURCE: http://plusmood.com/2008/10/womens-monument-in-memory-oficina-de-arquitectura/
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