Centrally located at the corner of Booth and Wellington Streets across from the Canadian War Museum, the .79 acre site connects the museum to the historic center of the capitol city. The cast-in-place, exposed concrete

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Architects: Studio Libeskind

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada

Project Year: 2017

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From the architect. Centrally located at the corner of Booth and Wellington Streets across from the Canadian War Museum, the .79 acre site connects the museum to the historic center of the capitol city. The cast-in-place, exposed concrete

Courtesy of Studio Libeskind

Monument is conceived as an experiential environment comprised of six triangular, concrete volumes configured to create the points of a star. The star remains the visual symbol of the Holocaust ? a symbol that millions of Jews were forced to wear by the Nazi?s to identify them as Jews, exclude them from humanity and mark them for extermination. The triangular spaces are representative of the badges the Nazi?s and their collaborators used to label homosexuals, Roma-Sinti, Jehovah?s Witnesses and political and religious prisoners for murder.
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The Monument is organized with two physical ground planes that are differentiated by meaning: the ascending plane that points to the future; and the descending plane that leads visitors to the interiors spaces tha...