Memorial of airplane disaster

„42 meters of silence“. The memorial evokes a journey which starts on the ground and which at the site of the tragedy becomes a journey into a higher dimension. It is horizontal, 42 meters long, 0.6 meters wide and points north towards the destination of the flight, towards home…It leaves a scar in the landscape – a slight adjustment of the terrain, keeping the original trees and the original setting. The names of Slovak soldiers in plastic letters on a non-corrosive reflective surface create the Morse code signal for SOS and are visible from bird's eye view. When looked at from above the names of the soldiers appear to float in the reflection of the heavens above. The continuation of the interrupted „journey“ is expressed as a journey into a new dimension – above the skies and flying doves. The work of art is placed underground in high relief in non-corrosive steel. Dedications in three languages and the symbols of the Slovak Republic and KFOR are abraded onto a walk-on glass surface. The walls of the hollow space beneath the glass plate are smooth concrete planes and the floor is covered in concrete rubble. At night the memorial is illuminated by blue light. Flag holders are non-corrosive oblong cantilevers reminiscent of the wings of the plane. They are inclined and illuminated from below. Flower and wreath holders can be placed in the incision line and can be created in oblong stainless profile placed aslope opposite the ceremonial area. This one is defined from the edge of the road up to incision line and is created by thick lawn. In 42 meters of silence the aim of the authors is to express the feeling of tranquility, humility and catharsis. The tragedy, absurdity but also generosity and the celebration of human need to enhance mutual understanding. It reflects some kind of universality-self-reflection of presence and future.

42 meters of silence.

Project
2006
Realization
2006
Built-up area
42 m²
Investor
Ministerstvo obrany SR
Location
Hungary, Hejce

Selected projects

*News

CA ZA AR 2024 - THANK YOU

THANK YOU! Even though we did not win the CE ZA AR 2024 award, we are extremely proud of our nomination and

More

CEZAAR 2024 soon

Last weekend, Dvojka broadcast another video medallion of nominated works for CE ZA AR 2024, and this time

More

CEZAAR Award 2024 - nominee

It was with great joy that we accepted the nomination of Zelena Lipa for the CEZAAR Award 2024 in the very

More

DOMM on the cover

The family house by Košice based studio Atrium Architekti is a work of art moderation and refined reduction:

More

How I met my architect

Listen to the podcast about who we are, how we started, where we're going :)

More

Recommended products

Public space guideline for city of Prešov

19.90 €

More

Kniha Zásahy Tatry 2019

12.90 €

More

Book of Urban Interventions Trnava

12.90 €

More

CHRISTMAS PACK

19.90 €

More

Book of Urban Interventions Liptovský Mikuláš

9.90 €

More

Book of Urban Intervention Humenne

9.90 €

More

Book o Urban Intervention Brezno

12.90 €

More

Book of East Side Architecture

19.90 €

More

Book o Urban Intervention Gelnica 2018

12.90 €

More

Book DETLUP

39.00 €

More

Book o Urban Intervention Kežmarok

12.90 €

More

Book of Urban Interventions Nitra

12.90 €

More

Book of Urban Intervention Košice - Prešov

19.90 €

More

Fairy Tales - New Place

33.00 €

More

Atrium Black Cube Shirt 01

19.90 €

More

MORPH Shirt 03

19.90 €

More

MORPH Shirt 01

19.90 €

More

MORPH Shirt 02

19.90 €

More

Icon Shirt of SPOT Vazecka

19.90 €

More

Sketch Shirt Vinne

19.90 €

More