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STUDENT WINS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL DESIGN CONTEST
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/30/student-wins-armenian-genocide-memorial-design-contest/
12:20 30.01.2013
The Art Center College of Design and the Pasadena Armenian Genocide
Memorial Committee (PASAGMC) jointly announced the winning design
concept for a new memorial whose planned dedication in 2015 will
coincide with 100th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian
Genocide. The concept by Art Center Environmental Design student
Catherine Menard was developed in 2012 as part of the College's
social impact design program, Designmatters. The proposed site for
the public artwork is Memorial Park in the City of Pasadena, the
Center for Armenian Remembrance reports.
Menard's concept was one of 17 submissions the committee received,
and one of three finalists chosen by an independent panel of judges
in December. The three-judge panel included Stefanos Polyzoides,
a principal of Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists; Ruben
Amirian, an architect/artist who has served on the design review
board and historic commission in Glendale; and Neshan Peroomian,
a contractor and prominent Armenian-American community leader.
In all, six Environmental Design students at ArtCenter developed
memorial proposals last fall during an intensive Design Topic Studio
class and submitted them to the competition. Two of the students-Menard
and her classmate J.D. Clark-were selected as finalists, a particularly
impressive achievement in a field of competitors that included many
seasoned professionals.
Earlier this month, Board members of PASAGMC voted unanimously to
move forward with Menard's proposal.
The central feature of Menard's minimalist design-a carved-stone basin
of water straddled by a tripod arrangement of three columns leaning
into one another-is a single drop of water that falls from the highest
point every three seconds, each "teardrop" representing one life lost.
Over the course of one year, 1.5 million tears will fall into the pool,
the estimated number of victims of the Armenian Genocide.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/30/student-wins-armenian-genocide-memorial-design-contest/
12:20 30.01.2013
The Art Center College of Design and the Pasadena Armenian Genocide
Memorial Committee (PASAGMC) jointly announced the winning design
concept for a new memorial whose planned dedication in 2015 will
coincide with 100th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian
Genocide. The concept by Art Center Environmental Design student
Catherine Menard was developed in 2012 as part of the College's
social impact design program, Designmatters. The proposed site for
the public artwork is Memorial Park in the City of Pasadena, the
Center for Armenian Remembrance reports.
Menard's concept was one of 17 submissions the committee received,
and one of three finalists chosen by an independent panel of judges
in December. The three-judge panel included Stefanos Polyzoides,
a principal of Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists; Ruben
Amirian, an architect/artist who has served on the design review
board and historic commission in Glendale; and Neshan Peroomian,
a contractor and prominent Armenian-American community leader.
In all, six Environmental Design students at ArtCenter developed
memorial proposals last fall during an intensive Design Topic Studio
class and submitted them to the competition. Two of the students-Menard
and her classmate J.D. Clark-were selected as finalists, a particularly
impressive achievement in a field of competitors that included many
seasoned professionals.
Earlier this month, Board members of PASAGMC voted unanimously to
move forward with Menard's proposal.
The central feature of Menard's minimalist design-a carved-stone basin
of water straddled by a tripod arrangement of three columns leaning
into one another-is a single drop of water that falls from the highest
point every three seconds, each "teardrop" representing one life lost.
Over the course of one year, 1.5 million tears will fall into the pool,
the estimated number of victims of the Armenian Genocide.