PRAY FOR THE SEA-VICTIMS

Iteration : Flowers that Symbolizes Remembrance

As we participated in this competition, we believed that memorializing has to be an emotionally condensed journey in a holistic way. We proposed a new form of memorial in which one might approach by boat, take a step onto the place where violence once happened, and practice the acts of remembrance through throwing the flowers into the center spot.

The structure of the floating memorial was inspired from memorial wreaths for cemetery, an arrangement of flowers fastened in a ring. Instead of direct representation of flower-like structure as a figurative construction, we wanted the memorial to be approachable, walkable, and actively engaging by throwing flowers in the center spot as acts of remembrance.

Structure and Materiality

A circular form of floating structure sets the boundary between the walkable path and the center point, where people throw their flowers as their practice of commemoration. The lightings on the surface of memorial enables visitors to safely walk on the path, as well as make it visible from afar even at night.

A use of concrete, the material which has been considered the most popular artificial material on Earth, for the structural envelope powerfully frames as a metaphor expressing the violence and impact of human on earth and nature. To prevent the memorial from being washed away, the structures are anchored onto the ground under the sea.