On 1 September 2004 the School Number One (SNO) in Beslan was seized by 32 Chechen terrorists who took hostage about 1200 people. The occupation ended on September 3 with a blitz of special forces that killed 386 people, including at least 186 children.
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The memorial have the shape of an elliptical mourning ring and surrounds the remains of the gym. The ellipse consists of 106 concrete columns that surrounds a perforated copper facade.
In the perforated metal facade a floral motif is recognizable: it is a flower (helleborus orientalis) that grows in the Caucasus and is a symbol of innocence and chastity. In a few places, there are high openings in the facade that serve as inputs and outputs.
In the centre of the roof there is an elliptical glass skylight that is used for exposure of the room above the gym.
MATERIALS
copper, reinforced concrete
LOCATION
Continent
Asia
Nation
Russia [Rossija]
Republic
North Ossetia-Alania [Severnaya Osetiya — Alaniya]
District
Pravoberezhny
Town
Beslan
MAP
TYPOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE
Other architectural structures
Mausoleums, memorials, tombs
CHRONOLOGY
Project
2010
project winner of competition
Realisation
2010 - 2012
BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
Sebastian Redecke, "Die Mutter waren einverstanden", Bauwelt 45/2013, 29 november 2013, pp. 6-7
