Lviv architects win the competition for designs for a monument to Euromaidan militants
The competition commission presented two finalists and the winner of the projects for the future memorial to the Euromaidan militants who died during the riots in February 2014, which the current government is going to erect in the center of Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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This was stated by the chairman of the competition commission, Matthias Sauerbruch, during a meeting with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, 112 Ukraine reports.
The winning project was developed in Lviv by architects Irina Volynets and Maria Potsyk.
“The jury unanimously agreed that it was the most suitable project,” said Sauerbuch.
“The winner is a sketch where the alley is divided into two parts. In the image of Maidan, this is something like the Maidan interface. There is an alley paved with paving stones where events took place on the hills. There is a space driven into this hill to create an arch. In front of this arch-like wall, all the temporary and spontaneous monuments would come together in one place. This is a place of memory, this is a place where you can come, lay flowers, light candles, where you can be together, unite,” said Benjamin Hossbach, chairman of the jury of the “Heavenly Hundred Heroes Memorial” competition.
Hossbach also noted that the third part is more like a park:
“There is an alley there, since it will be a pedestrian zone, there will be no transport there. This will be a street along which trees will be planted on both sides. And again, there will be temporary monuments that will be symbolically and harmoniously included in the overall picture of this memorial. A park will also be planted, which will bloom every spring and will be a symbol of rebirth, creating an appropriate mood among visitors, which will encourage them to think about the roots of those events.”
“It is very symbolic that the Ukrainian project won,” Poroshenko noted.
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