Recently SPIEGEL ONLINE reports that Sinai won the competition to design the new “Platz der 9. November 1989″ (Nov. 9, 1989 Square). The square is to commemorate the day the Berlin Wall was opened when the first East German walked through the gates into the West.
Currently the site is somewhat neglected and has little to signify the importance that the site played in the history of Berlin and Germany.
The design for the Square will highlight the remaining 160 metres section of wall with a path running the length of the wall. The path will have “movements” represented with steel inlays inscribed with a word or quote.
A.W. Faust, the project leader from Sinai was cited by SPIEGEL ONLINE saying
“We wanted to recall the sum of these moments,” …… “Each moment made a huge impression and added to the momentum of the previous one.”
……….at the final point of this part of the display there will be a small copse of cherry trees (see graphic)….Faust explained that the firm has chosen a variety, Autumnalis, that blooms in the fall. “Hopefully there will be cherry blossoms falling on the ground every Nov. 9,”
The Square is expected to cost €350,000 ($520,000) and be finished by summer 2010.
Read more at the SOURCE: SPIEGEL ONLINE – Where the Berlin Wall First Fell: Historic Border Crossing Finally Gets a Facelift
