GERMAN FREEDOM AND UNITY MEMORIAL

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1、REFERENCESGER-GermanFreedomandUnityMemorialProjectGermanFreedomandUnityMemorialclientFederalStateofGermanycollaboratorsRealitiesUnitedSchlaichBergermann+Partnersize3,000m2locationBerlin,GermanystatUsHonorableMentionHowdoyoucombineGermany’shistoryofunity,separationandreunific

2、ationinamodernmemorial?Theinstallationbringstogethertwosimpleimages:abridgeandacircle.Thefirst-thebridge-isasymbolofconquestandthecomingtogetheroftwoSINGLEORIENTATIONVSMULTI-ORIENTATIONpreviouslyseparateparts.Thesecond-thecircle-isasymbolofperfectionandunity.Thesuperposition

3、ofthetwocharacters-thecircleasabridge-createsanewspecialobjectwithadditionallayersofmeaning.Theringbridgeistheimageofjoyfulconnection:high-spirited,strongandoptimistic.Itisapositivesymbol,butitisnotatriumphantgesture.Thefigureisnotjustametaphorforthepositiveexperienceofoverc

4、omingoppressionanddivision,butalsoforsocialandindividualexperienceofthedivisionitself,whichhassincebecomeadefiningpartofGermanidentity.CONNECTINGTHESURROUNDINGSAcircleasabridgeareinfacttwobridges:Oneunitedpathissplittingintotwo,separatingmoreandmoreuntiltheyfinallymeetagain:

5、Thisisapictureofthesequenceofeventsofdivision,isolation,andreunification.REVITILIZATIONOFURBANSPACE