Allied Works

With Robert Montgomery, The Olin Studio, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Allied Info Works, Arup, Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture, PFB Construction Management Services Ltd, BuroHappold and Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners

Allied Works concept render: aerial view from Victoria Tower over the Gardens, showing a grass-covered memorial mound with a curved opening beside the river
Allied Works concept render: ground-level view of the grass-covered memorial mound, its golden interior visible through the opening
Allied Works concept render: inside the golden mound looking out through its oculus towards Victoria Tower
Allied Works concept render: daytime view of the memorial mound with an inscribed text band along its golden underside, visitors gathering beneath
Allied Works concept render: the illuminated memorial mound at night, its inscribed underside glowing above a reflective plaza
Allied Works concept render: an underground gallery beneath the mound displaying a Holocaust history timeline along golden conical walls
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We stand at a moment of transition – a time when those who lived through the Holocaust and witnessed the atrocities first-hand will no longer be present to provide testimony. Our proposal for the memorial is not an object, but the creation of a sacred space to serve the voices of survivors. It rises from the grounds of Victoria Tower Gardens, woven into the daily life of London. Folding back like a prayer shawl, it holds visitors in an embrace with the spoken word while framing a view to Parliament, underlining our shared accountability. Marked with a poet’s blessing, the Memorial and Learning Centre provide a place where all may come to hear the voice of our shared humanity and be inspired to take action against those who would deny it. It is a place to gather, listen, learn and remember – a space for Britain and the entire world.

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