Конкурс организован в память о погибших пассажирах рейса MH17, следовавшего по маршруту Амстердам-Кулуар-Лумпур 17 июля 2014 года. Эта трагедия в той или иной мере повлияла на жизнь тысяч людей по всему миру. Наибольший удар получили Нидерланды: авиакатастрофа унесла жизнь 193 граждан этой страны.
Именно в Амстердаме, в самом сердце города, на ранее закрытой территории Морского ведомства было решено создать мемориал и ландшафтный парк в память о трагедии. Это новое городское пространство должно быть доступным для всех, свободным от политики и тактичным к чувствам пострадавших.
Участникам необходимо предоставить проект комплекса, который помимо мемориала и парка будет включать многофункциональное пространство, конференц-зал, кафе и офисы для администрации.
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An international open ideas competition for architects and students is initiated to remember and honor the victims of the MH17 tragedy.
This man-made tragedy has influenced thousands of lives in direct or indirect manner across the entire world. Most of all this tragedy has affected the Netherlands - the Dutch nation that lost 193 souls in this catastophe. Therefore Amsterdam, the departure point of this one way flight, was selected as a location for the MH17 Memorial.
MATTERBETTER has proposed to use the Marine Establissement site in the center of Amsterdam as a foundation for the MH17 Memorial. We believe that the memorial has to be for everyone - the place for the people who are directly connected to the tragedy and for the population of the world in general. Because of its location the memorial has to be addressed to a broader public, as it will be visited by various groups of people. It should form a new public space - the place for remembrance, ceremonies, recreation, private gatherings and should become a vital point of the Amsterdam cultural infrastructure.
MH17 Memorial has to be free from the political overtone and should not directly express the tragedy in a type of a monologue - it should allow individuals to experience through the space and form their own memories and emotions. Human presence is vital. The Memorial has to become an inviting place open for physical interaction, the place that honors remembrances, respect for life and a preservation of peace.
It was decided that the MH17 Memorial site will accomodate a landscape park in addi- tion to its main purpose in order to become a green axis of the Old Center of Amsterdam and strengthen the location that was for a long time “erased” from the city map and unaccessible for ordinary people because of its original military function.
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