Sleuk rith institute
"The best memorials are not objects we visit once, contemplate, and file away. The best memorials evoke reflection and commemoration, but are also living, dynamic public places that engage with all generations in the community."
it's a new institution and genocide memorial in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. The institute brings together museum, research centre, graduate school, document archives and research library. YonkChang (a man who was incarcerated under the regime at the age of 15) involved Zaha Hadid in the construction of the institute to celebrate and remember the atrocities happened during the Rouge period in the 1970s.
The stucture comprises five towers that range between three and eight storeys. The Sleuk Rith Institute will accommodate a museum, a library and archive, a graduate school focusing on genocide, conflicts and human rights studies, a research centre, a media centre, and an auditorium that can be used by the local community.
The complex has already been granted planning approval and is due to start on site early next year. It will be surrounded by a 68,000-square-metre park including sports grounds, vegetable gardens, orchards and a contemporary Cambodian sculpture park.
