2024-12-19T17:38:28-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150290315/david-adjaye-selected-to-design-barbados-heritage-district-dedicated-to-memorializing-slavery Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2021-12-06T18:27:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b2/b2e4d4cf47570919c2047c2008d668e9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Last Friday, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced the development of the Barbados Heritage District with Ghanaian-British architect <a href="https://archinect.com/adjayeassociates" target="_blank">David Adjaye</a> leading its design. The cultural center will be located at Newton Plantation, located just outside the country&rsquo;s capital Bridgetown.</p> <p>The announcement arrives in the wake of Barbados&rsquo; transition to a Parliamentary Republic, which saw the removal of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/653405/queen-elizabeth" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth</a> as its head of state and the induction of Sandra Mason as its president. According to the country&rsquo;s statement, the district will be &ldquo;dedicated to accurately recounting the historic and contemporary impact of slavery on Barbados and on the lives of individuals, cultures, and nations of the Western hemisphere.&rdquo; It will include a major global research institute, a museum that will house the largest collection of British slave records outside of the United Kingdom, and a memorial located at the Newton Burial Ground, the largest and earliest slave burial ground in Barbado...</p>