Holocaust Memorial International Design Competition Shortlist, London Learning Centre Architecture Contest
National Holocaust Memorial Competition Shortlist
NHM: National Monument Design Contest at Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK
16 Feb 2017
UK Holocaust Memorial Site Controversy
UK Holocaust Memorial Site Questioned in Parliament
Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough, questions the Victoria Tower gardens site for this memorial design contest, reports www.theyworkforyou.com:
“The holocaust is one of the most difficult experiences in our history to commemorate in stone. For its sheer enormity and depravity, it defies adequate description, and transferring this into the built environment is all the more difficult. Architects across the world have attempted to tackle this task ? in Israel, Paris, Washington, Ottawa and, perhaps most memorably, in Berlin, with Peter Eisenman?s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. It is impossible sufficiently to convey the horrors of this great crime, but we have a duty to not just commemorate but teach future generations about the holocaust. I will detail why Victoria Tower gardens are insufficient for this task, while pointing out that we have a very good solution available close by, at the Imperial War Museum.”
The Victoria Tower gardens site “is completely unsuited to the role”, it is already a “well-trafficked area that suffers from severe congestion. The traffic and access pressure wil...