Contraband and Freedmen's Cemetery Memorial Design Competition
コンペ結果
1st Place
C.J. Howard
Alexandria, VA
2nd Place
Santosh Dhamat, Solvita Marriot, Elizabeth Eubank, Tracy Revis
Howard & Revis Design Services
Washington, D.C.
3rd Place
Paul Simon & Regan Harrold
Beals and Thomas, Inc
Southborough, MA
開催概要
南北戦争中に命を奪われた黒人奴隷たちを追悼する記念碑のデザインをバージニア州アレクサンドリア市が募集。150万から200万USドルの予算で記念碑が建てられる予定があり、優勝案がデザインのベースとされる。
| カテゴリ | その他のコンペ / 学生が参加できるコンペ / コンペ結果 |
| タイプ | Memorial Idea Competition |
| ジャンル | Memorial |
| 開催地 | City of Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
| 登録締切日 | 25 April 2008 GoogleCal iCal |
| 提出締切日 | 25 April 2008 (Must be Received) |
| 応募資格 | All |
Description
The site was established in 1864 as a burial ground for African Americans who fled slavery, seeking a safe haven in Unioncontrolled Alexandria during the Civil War. More than 1,800 people were buried there over the five years that the federal government managed the cemetery. After 1869 the cemetery may have been used unofficially by families as a burial ground but was likely not maintained formally. Over the years, the site has been compromised and hundreds of graves lost from a number of actions: the removal of soil from the cemetery for brick making; the adjacent development of two major highways; and the construction of a gas station and office building on the sacred site. While other physical sites that recalled the once-considerable African American presence in Alexandria have been lost, the City of Alexandria acquired the property in 2007 in order to remove the buildings, reclaim the cemetery, and create a memorial.
Jury
The selection committee will be comprised of representatives from the following agencies and organizations:
- Alexandria Archaeological Commission
- Alexandria Commission for the Arts
- Alexandria Historical Society
- Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission
- Alexandria Planning Commission
- Alexandria Society for the Preservation of Black Heritage
- Friends of Freedmen’s Cemetery
- Historic Alexandria Resources Commission
- Neighborhood Civic Associations
- Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project
- Woodrow Wilson Bridge Neighborhood Task Force
Judging Process
Two-Stage, Anonymous Competition
Prize
1st place: $10,000
2nd place: $5,000
3rd place: $2,500
Honorable Mentions
Entries
1 board (mounted on 76.2c x 106.7c) and CD included digitally as PDF
Timetable
Evaluation of entries: May – June 2008
Notification of winner and two finalists: July 2008
Promoter
City of Alexandria, Virginia
Official Website
http://www3.alexandriava.gov/freedmens/