Landscape architecture studio Narchitektura has used 40 grey sandstone slabs to create a memorial park on the site of a former synagogue in O?wi?cim, the Polish city where the Auschwitz concentration camp was located.
Named The Great Synagogue Memorial Park, the memorial stands on the site of O?wi?cim's Great Synagogue, which was burnt down by the Nazi party in 1939 during Germany's occupation of Poland.
The park occupies the site of O?wi?cim's Great Synagogue
"The main idea behind the memorial park comes from an archival photo taken just after the demolition of the Great Synagogue in O?wi?cim by the Nazis at the beginning of world war two," said Narchitektura founder Bartosz Haduch.
"This black and white image shows enormous rubble of bricks and stones," he told Dezeen. "We wanted to interpret this old photograph with contemporary means and forms." It draws attention to the city's Jewish heritage
The park was created to be a place of reflection as one of several interventions designed by Narchitektura that draw attention to the city's Jewish heritage.
Before the second world war, around half of the city's population was Jewish and the Great Synagogue was one of 20 synagogues in the city.
During the Nazi occupation, O?wi?cim became the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where almost one million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
The park contains Corten benches and an exhibition stand
As part of the wider project, Narchitektura...