Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial / Amos Goldreich Architecture + Nekton Studio

Nov 2010

By Hank Jarz — Filed under: Cultural ,Monuments and Memorials , Amos Goldreich Architecture, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial, Nekton Studio, USA

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Courtesy Amos Goldreich Architecture + Nekton Studio

English design firm, Amos Goldreich Architecture in conjunction with Nekton Studio have shared with ArchDaily their proposal for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial competition. Additional images of their entry and a succinct architects description after the break.

Courtesy Amos Goldreich Architecture + Nekton Studio

This Holocaust Memorial aims to be a landmark for Peace. It offers a place for visitors to isolate themselves from the strong dialectic elicited by the juxtaposition of the Memorial and the existing boardwalk of Atlantic City, and to immerse themselves in the Memorial’s significance – that we are all members of the human family and that these atrocities should never happen again.

Courtesy Amos Goldreich Architecture + Nekton Studio

The Memorial’s form relates to geometries derived from the Star of David and is to be materialized in Corten steel to create the monolithic envelope. That is then carved out to reveal the space of the interior and to lighten its presence on the boardwalk. The interior comprises six chapels embedded in the pointed folds to the north and south. These six represent the inhabited regions of the world; N. America, Europe, Asia, S. America, Africa, and Australia – surrounding the central space of global congregation.

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Cite:
Jarz , Hank . "Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial / Amos Goldreich Architecture + Nekton Studio" 21 Nov 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/90630>

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andrew says:

Did the brief for this competition ask for the plan of the memorial to be based on the geometries of the Star of David? Every entry I have seen so far (as I can remember) bases it’s plan on the Magen David.

# November 21, 2010 at 19:54

rich says:

Why can’t the structure be devoted to peace & love…instead of yet another holocaust memorial – in Atlantic City of all places!

# November 21, 2010 at 22:27

Amos Goldreich says:

Ask the client

# November 22, 2010 at 06:29

anon says:

how about the other victims of the world war 2….clearly these type of project reflected to gain world sympathy towards jews population wholly. im not meant to offend anybody but please no more of these

# November 23, 2010 at 00:45

Linda
It is not a rip off. It looks nothing like it. I can asure you that till today I didn’t know about the Nestle project by Rojkinds Nestle Architecture!
Just because the element of cut-out arches repeat it self on both projects, doesn’t make it a rip off!, and I would appreciate a more subtle use of the f word.

# November 22, 2010 at 06:10

alex says:

okay i’ll say it… do we really need another holocaust memorial?

# November 22, 2010 at 06:21

FG says:

We don’t, it cheapens the Holocaust, but there is an industry behind them. And what architect ever says no to a job?

# November 22, 2010 at 10:02

No, we don’t need more, it cheapens the memory of the Holocaust, but there is a big industry behind them.

# November 22, 2010 at 10:18

aboutthecomp says:

just to clarify guys. first of all the competition was to design a genocide memorial as the planning authority would not allow a memorial dedicated solely to the holocaust.

also, i don t think this submission complies with the rules as it is blocking the view more than permissible. just my 2 cents.

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