(In collaboration with Danny Travis)

The proposal utilizes symbolism in an attempt to understand the immensity of the loss of 10,000 fallen heroes. One plate per state/commonwealth, one column face per fallen soldier, and one major pathway for each war (the four United States wars since Desert Storm), the memorial is not an autonomous object, but rather a collection of its parts leading to a whole. Visitors to the memorial are immersed within a field of glowing, pulsing, and reflecting columns, experiencing not only the magnitude of the loss of 10,000 lives, but also drawn into a state of reflection. Reflecting and glowing in a way that begins to bring the inanimate to life, the columns induce a state of euphoric solitude. Likewise, the central skylight up the heart of the peak tends to distance visitors from their surroundings, allowing for a moment of quiet reflection in honor of the many who have fallen in the name of freedom.