Anne Frank Memorial

1. The space includes crescent shaped displays and seat that are either filled with information about the Holocaust and Anne Frank or naming donors and people involved with creating the memorial. It's right off of the street and the greenbelt near a bridge that enters right into the memorial. There is a pod area that has small waterfalls.
2. There is a somewhat life size statue of Anne Frank in a window that is surrounded by stone benches. There are photos along crescent stone walls. There is also paragraphs upon paragraphs on information on the walls. There are a couple voice boxes that when cranked emit a voice that tells information as well.
3. The color of the memorial are definitely dominant. There are mostly neutral colors. Aside from the plant life in the area there really isn't any color aside from brown, white, cream, and bronze. There is a balance and asymmetry to the memorial with representation and stone walls and benches in multiple areas, making the area not so overwhelmed in one space.
4.This memorial is site specific. It's very intentional as to the location. It's right off of the road where everyone can see it. It's also along the greenbelt where people can see it as they are riding along the pathway. I feel like its placed so that it is easy to access.
5.
6. Stone and concrete were used in creating mostly of the memorial. There is also some metal material in the statue and plaques.
7.The text functions as informative above everything else.
8.I think that the intended function is to inform and to be sure that even in a place so far away and so disconnected from the event, we can still remember and learn about the events that occurred. I also feel like it's educational, I know that a lot of schools go to the memorial when they learn about the Holocaust.
9. I feel like it's successful as an educational memorial. As an art piece I don't think that it's successful only because of the boring aesthetic quality. I don't really think it was really intended as an art piece just on its own, so I think as an educational memorial it's successful.