David Adjaye designs memorial to honor victim of police violence

by sadia_badhon | July 10, 2020 9:29 am

Sir David Adjaye designs memorial in Brixton, U.K., in honor of Cherry Groce, an innocent mother who was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police. Image via Adjaye Associates Twitter[1]
Sir David Adjaye designs memorial in Brixton, U.K., in honor of Cherry Groce, an innocent mother who was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police.
Image via Adjaye Associates Twitter

Ghanian-British architect Sir David Adjaye[2] has designed a memorial in Brixton, south London, U.K., to honor Cherry Groce, an innocent mother who was shot in her home by the Metropolitan Police.

The incident, which took place on September 28, 1985, was witnessed by her children. The shooting sparked the Brixton uprising, in which a community rose up in protest to the ongoing, systemic injustice faced by Britain’s black community, the Cherry Groce Foundation[3] wrote on its website. Having been paralyzed by the shooting, Groce passed away as a direct result of her injuries in 2011.

Sir David Adjaye has designed the memorial to be a pavilion that will be used by the community, in which the canopy speaks to protection and shelter, the pillar to strength and support, the triangles to the mountains of West Africa and Jamaica in Cherry’s roots. Together, these elements combine to create a memorial that is outward-looking and optimistic.

As per the foundation, the memorial aims to:

The memorial is scheduled to be launched in Autumn 2020 marking 35 years since the shooting.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Opener-6.jpg
  2. Sir David Adjaye: http://adjaye.com/
  3. Cherry Groce Foundation: https://www.cherrygroce.org/

Source URL: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/david-adjaye-designs-memorial-to-honor-victim-of-police-violence/