A labyrinth of brick walls and angular mirrors define the Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names, which Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind's studio has completed in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Located on Weesperstraat street close to the Jewish Cultural Quarter, the memorial was realised by Studio Libeskind with local studio Rijnboutt to commemorate 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.
Studio Libeskind has completed the Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names
The victims, who were largely Jews, Sinti and Roma people, were killed by the Nazis during the second world war and have no known graves.
To honour each of these victims individually, the walls of the memorial are constructed from 102,000 bricks that are inscribed with the names of the victims ? giving the project its title. Alongside these bricks, 1,000 extra bricks were left blank to memorialise those who remain unknown.
The bricks are inscribed with the names of Dutch Holocaust victims
The bricks are arranged in a series of two-metre-high walls across the site, which are crowned by four mirrored stainless steel volumes.
Studio Libeskind's arrangement of the brick walls gives rise to a dynamic labyrinth of passages across the site for visitors to explore.
A labyrinth of brick walls make up the memorial
The mirrored volumes were designed by Studio Libeskind to emulate four Hebrew letters, which form a word that translates as "in memory of" when viewed together from above.
They are also designed to appear as ...