silver rabbit: atlantic city holocaust memorial

silver rabbit is an argentinean group of architects from buenos aires that got together in early 2010. one of their first works was a proposal for the competition for of the atlantic city boardwalk holocaust memorial’ , which they have sent to us. they were selected as one of the 12 finalists.

silver rabbit describe their proposal:

memory relies on absence. but how can we remember something we have not lived? the boardwalk folds and its fate is altered. the past is the source of power that comes into being from below. like an open wound, the boardwalk folds to reveal what lies beneath: absence. visitors follow it’s new surprising route, sustained by the names thatgive identity to the infinite faces that stare at them from beneath. those faces are witnessesto their presence, and in turn, the visitor becomes a witness to history. this reconfiguration of the boardwalk elevates the standpoint of the visitor. a new perspective is the ultimate legacy for future generations.