Call for Entries: Re-Design Sites of Norway’s 2011 Terror Attacks | ArchDaily
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The traumatizing terror attacks of July 22, 2011 in Norway – including the bombing in Oslo and the massacre on Utøya Island – resulted in 158 persons injured and 77 dead. Those behind the re-design of Utøya Island decided (somewhat controversially) that the island should, in order to “reduce the impact of the massacre,” remain a vibrant summer camp rather than become a memorial.
great followup article in greater detail on the options to reclaim living sites and buildings from tragic circumstances: http://www.archdaily.com/323322/post-traumatic-design-how-to-design-our-schools-to-heal-past-wounds-and-prevent-future-violence/
1:14 PM Jul 12 2013