Designed by Architectural Design & Research Institute of South China University of Technology, The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, Phase III was to commemorate the surrender of Japanese troops in Nanjing on September 9, 1945, and highlight the theme-the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. The idea is to express the feelings of victory and fulfillment.
Photography: Zhan Changheng – Ma Minghua
1. Continuity and individuality

A commemoration is a continuation of a city’s memory.

The spatial sequence consisted by the Broken-knife, the Memorial Square, the Death Chamber, the Sacrificial Courtyard and the Peace Park, which open a complete narrative chapter of the Jiangdong Gate memorial. It is an important urban memory of Nanjing.
The Phase III as the expansion project of the Jiangdong Gate memorial, which not only supplements urban functions, extends visitors circulation, highlights emotional atmosphere of different themes but also extends the city memory. The expansion section focuses on the arduous journey of the Anti-Japanese War, the joy of victory, and vision of mankind’s peaceful fulfillment.
Photography: Zhan Changheng – Ma Minghua
The position of the scheme is harmony without uniformity. The form of Phase III is integrated with the second phase, and it is integrated into the urban life in a more open, inclusive, friendly and natural way. The earth-sheltered architecture reduces the pr...