A 50,000 sf museum located in the heart of Portland Oregon along the North Park Blocks. This museum has the purpose of preserving war-time correspondence but also the obligation to deliver these intimate stories ,written between soldiers and their loved ones, to the public in order to convey the sacrifices and horrors endured during war that we may find new conviction to uphold and strive for peace. This living memorial needed to have a civic presence while integrating both secure preservation and public display of the correspondence. The program includes exhibition space, a research library, carefully conditioned archive, memorial garden space, a café, a bookstore, administration offices, and a gift shop.
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view from the park blocks [day]
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view from the park blocks [night]
section east-west
climate analysis
site analysis walkable city
site analysis transit
section north-south
operational laws diagram
primary structure: concrete core, tree-like frame
exhibition: "If All the Sky were Paper"
exhibition: banners of correspondence
plan level 00
plan level 01
plan level 02
plan level 03
plan level 04
plan level 05
plan level 06
exhibition: sleeves of light
living memorial: etched podium
civic presence
civic presence alt.
planar light model
filtered light model
section model
section model
