ASSIGNMENT - 1
THE RING OF REMEMBRANCE
LOCATION : ABLAIN-SAINT-NAZAIRE, FRANCE
ARCHITECT: PHILIPPE PROST, LUCAS MONSAINGEON
A M MUYEED KHAN
ID - 1230493010
THE RING OF REMEMBRANCE
The ring is synonymous with unity and eternity: unity
because the names form a sort of human chain, and
eternity because the letters are joined without an end,
in alphabetical order without any distinction of
nationality, rank or religion.
Located on the site, the ring takes the form of an
ellipse with one side pointed towards the entrance to
the cemetery, and the other side towards the Artois
plain.
Anchored in the ground across two-thirds of its
perimeter, the ring then detaches where the downward
slope of the land increases. Its cantilevered ring is
there to remind that peace always remains fragile.
Outside, a ribbon of dark concrete, the color of war,
balanced on the hill overlooking the Artois plains, a
horizontal line forming a 328 m perimeter dominated by
the lantern tower, which is over 50 m high. Inside, 500
sheets of gold metal reflecting light on which are
engraved, in alphabetical order, regardless of
nationality, rank or religion, the names of 579,606
soldiers, now united forever in a common humanity.