Designed by Snøhetta in collaboration with Local Studio and Design Indaba, the Arch for Arch stands as a monument to the human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, affectionally known as “Arch” by fellow South Africans.
Marking the site where Tutu began many of his Anti-Apartheid protests in Cape Town, the Arch frames the public entrance to a landscaped promenade known as the Company’s Garden, home to many of the city's cultural institutions.
The structure is formed from 14 strands of Siberian Larch wood, a highly durable and resistant material. The warmth of wood was intentionally selected to lend the Arch an intimate, tactile quality, that invites people to interact with the structure in a way that differs from the conventional materials people might expect for a memorial structure, such as concrete, steel, or stone.
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