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Mark Harris, Architect

Mark Harris, Architect

Colorado Springs, CO, US

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Memorial for Oppenheimer

Proposal for a memorial to Oppenheimer and the last nuclear bomb, located in New Mexico, USA.  The project features an Earth Dig (an absence), overseen by the Menace Machine, a solar-powered kinetic machine that projects images onto the interior walls.  The circuitous route around the Earth Dig terminates at an altered landscape, signifying that while humanity might terminate itself, nature will find a way to continued, slightly altered with new forms of life.  The project is clearly not meant to be soothing or calmly contemplative, but somewhat terrifying and intimidating, recognizing that we cannot afford to normalize the notion of nuclear holocaust.

 
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Status: Competition Entry
Location: Rio En Medio, NM, US
My Role: Principal, Lead Design Architect, Project Architect
Additional Credits: Richard Mapes

 
Memorial for J. Robert Oppenheimer - video