Project:
Memorial to those who perished in the Ladoga Lake
Category:
Best Project of Building or Facility by Student
About the project (provided by the applicant):
The memorial is a mound cut with two concrete slabs with a hall venue inside. In fact, a mound is an archetypical burial place both in Russian and European culture. Located within the water buffer zone of the Ladoga lake, it is shaped as a circle, which seems most relevant.
Concrete slabs with a narrow path between them are a symbol of the Road of Life entrapped by German and Finnish troops on both sides. The space between the slabs is covered with a transparent roof that can be walked over. This is a metaphor of ice above the water.
Location:
Leningrad Region, Russia
Project design year:
2023
Applicant and author of the project:
Ivan Shevchuk, 4th year student, St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Project status:
Design concept
