The UK Government has released an international call for entries from appropriately qualified and experienced architects and designers for a UK memorial to the Holocaust, with a closing date of 17 October 2016.
Government writes:
The UK government is today (14 September 2016) inviting designers, architects and artists from all over the world to enter an international design competition for a striking new national memorial commemorating the Holocaust.
This new national landmark, to be situated in the heart of our democracy, next to Parliament in Victoria Tower Gardens, London, will demonstrate the UK’s commitment to honouring the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, providing a place for quiet reflection as well as large-scale national commemorations.
Following the recommendation of the cross-party UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, competition entrants are also being invited to incorporate designs for a possible accompanying below-ground learning centre. This world-class centre would give visitors an immediate opportunity to learn more, contextualising the memorial, grounding it in historical fact as events fade from living memory, and inspiring future generations to respect and embrace difference in the fight against hatred and prejudice.
The learning centre would also contain recordings of testimony from British Holocaust survivors and camp liberators, including unheard stories recently recorded as part of the government’s drive to ensure survivors who have never spoken out before have their memories captured for posterity. The centre would signpost visitors to the many further Holocaust educational resources that are available across the United Kingdom.
View the press release and further details of the opportunity.
