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The memorial is designed around an art piece of one thou...
Project name
Anfal Memorial
Architecture firm
Zeller & Moye
Location
Rizgari, Kurdistan, Iraq
Principal architect
Christoph Zeller, Ingrid Moye
Design team
Omar Muñoz, Marielle Rivero
Collaborators
Curator: Dr. Michael Fehr. Supporters: Haukari e.V. (NGO); German Federal Foreign Office; ifa Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations e.V
Built area
10000 m² / 107000 ft² (building: 3000 m² /32000 ft²; park: 7000 m² / 75000 ft²)
Visualization
Zeller & Moye
Status
Under construction
Client
Ministry of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs, Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq
Typology
Memorial, exhibition galleries, multi-use space, café, offices, services
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