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May 20th, 2006, 10:51
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Computer-generated illustration of the тАШMountains of RemembranceтАЩ design by Naga Concepts.
BANGKOK: A design by Naga Concepts of Phuket in collaboration with Disc-O of Spain, and entitled тАЬMountains of RemembranceтАЭ, will be used in building the tsunami memorial at Haad Lek in Lamru National Park in Phang Nga, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop announced today.
The Spanish team of architects тАУ Ana Somoza, Juana Canet, Disc-o Architecture, Eva Sebastian Pena, Angel Martinez Rodri├Г┬нguez and 10 other members тАУ have described the design as intended to тАЬrecreate an artificial piece of nature integrated in the parkтАЭ with the aim of providing people with a place to тАЬmeditate, experience and teach them to live with the force of natureтАЭ. The project is intended to represent тАЬa temple hidden in forest, light, nature and silenceтАЭ. Visitors will enter the site through a gate and then a hall that тАЬinvites [them] to enter the forestтАЭ. A path through the forest, with meeting points and rest areas along the way, will lead to the memorial site and then to the sea.
At the highest point of the site, five towers are to be erected in a cluster: The Memorial Tower (for meditation and reflection), The Museum Tower (including a lookout platform), The Warning Center (for education), The Restaurant and Shop Tower (as a place to rest) and The Amphitheater Tower (for presentations). The Thai-Spanish design was chosen over entries from four other finalists, from Australia, China, Finland and the US.
The jury made their decision after considering feedback from local people surveyed at Takuapa District Office and from visitors to the Architect тАЩ06 exhibition in Bangkok earlier this month.
Phuket Gazette
Computer-generated illustration of the тАШMountains of RemembranceтАЩ design by Naga Concepts.
BANGKOK: A design by Naga Concepts of Phuket in collaboration with Disc-O of Spain, and entitled тАЬMountains of RemembranceтАЭ, will be used in building the tsunami memorial at Haad Lek in Lamru National Park in Phang Nga, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop announced today.
The Spanish team of architects тАУ Ana Somoza, Juana Canet, Disc-o Architecture, Eva Sebastian Pena, Angel Martinez Rodri├Г┬нguez and 10 other members тАУ have described the design as intended to тАЬrecreate an artificial piece of nature integrated in the parkтАЭ with the aim of providing people with a place to тАЬmeditate, experience and teach them to live with the force of natureтАЭ. The project is intended to represent тАЬa temple hidden in forest, light, nature and silenceтАЭ. Visitors will enter the site through a gate and then a hall that тАЬinvites [them] to enter the forestтАЭ. A path through the forest, with meeting points and rest areas along the way, will lead to the memorial site and then to the sea.
At the highest point of the site, five towers are to be erected in a cluster: The Memorial Tower (for meditation and reflection), The Museum Tower (including a lookout platform), The Warning Center (for education), The Restaurant and Shop Tower (as a place to rest) and The Amphitheater Tower (for presentations). The Thai-Spanish design was chosen over entries from four other finalists, from Australia, China, Finland and the US.
The jury made their decision after considering feedback from local people surveyed at Takuapa District Office and from visitors to the Architect тАЩ06 exhibition in Bangkok earlier this month.
Phuket Gazette