Memorial Competition Finalists Announced June 8, Expert Panel to Follow
The top finalists for the Memorials for the Future ideas competition will be named on June 8 at the National Archives' McGowan Theater. Immediately following, an expert panel will examine what might influence and shape the next century's commemorative landscape, considering issues of identity, memory, and place-making. Panelists include Artist Janet Echelman, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Brent Leggs, and noted commemoration scholar Edward Linenthal. Jason Schubach, Director of Design Programs at NEA, will moderate.
Proposals from 30 semi-finalists were unveiled on May 26 by NCPC, the National Park Service, and Van Alen Institute, the competition partners. Over half of the finalists based their proposal at specific sites in Washington. Others proposed flexible or mobile formats for commemoration, uprooting the idea of a memorial as a singular object tied to one place. Many proposals used technology and public engagement to shape content and design.
At its June 2016 monthly meeting the National Capital Planning Commission will be asked to approve comments to the General Services Administration (GSA) regarding proposed Square Guidelines for Squares 378 and 379, the current site of the FBI Headquarters. Also on the agenda is GSA's Solar Challenge Project, an Administration driven intitiative to install rooftop photovoltaic solar arrays on federal buildings located along the National Mall and other areas in central Washington.
Not able to attend Patricia Brown's visit to NCPC? Catch up on what you missed in a video from the event.
NCPC bids farewell to Urban Planner Dereth Bush who recently departed the agency to relocate overseas. The agency also welcomes summer associates Clifton Iler, who joined the Office of Public Engagement, and Emily Votroubek, who will work with the Policy and Research Division.
