The Memorial Museum in Palmiry is integrated into the pine-birch forest surrounding the cemetery. The museum building forms a part of the Kampinos National Park enclosed by steel and glass walls and covered by a green flat roof made of smooth architectural concrete. During the Second World War, the Palmiry woods was the witness to the Nazis massacre of over two thousand Polish civilians mainly from the intellectual elite. The building's ascetic form and raw construction tell the shocking story and form the background for the exhibition. The exhibition space is placed among the trees ? mute witnesses of the tragedy from the past. The relation between the building and the surroundings is emphasised by the introduction of greenery to the interior of the building to illuminate the patio display.
© Rafa? K?os

Architects: WXCA

Location: Palmiry, Kampinos National Park, Poland

Category: Museum

Lead Architects: Zbigniew Wro?ski, Szczepan Wro?ski, Wojciech Conder

Area: 1145.0 m2

Project Year: 2011

Photographs: Rafa? K?os

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