We will remember them: Cambodia designs poignant 記念の 献身的な to millions of 集団殺戮 犠牲者s in Phnom Penh

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Designed by acclaimed Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and 奮起させるd by Siem 得る's Angkor Wat 寺, the new Sleuk Rith 学校／設ける in Phnom Penh 目的（とする）s to honour the scars of Cambodia's past while educating and 促進するing 仲直り to the next 世代.

Construction of the unique five 木造の structures, 範囲ing from three to eight storeys, will begin next year on the 場所／位置 of a former Khmer 紅 re-education centre, and they will house the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, along with a 卒業生（する） school, auditorium and museum with changing 作品.

Human 権利s 行動主義者 Youk Chhang, (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director of the Documentation Centre which was 設立するd with Yale University, 供給するd ?a 簡潔な／要約する that 含むd the explicit request that the building veer away from the stereotypes usually associated with 集団殺戮 記念のs.

The new Sleuk Rith 学校／設ける in Phnom Penh, designed by acclaimed Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, has been 認めるd building 是認

'Cambodia will never escape its history, but it does not need to be enslaved by it,' he says. '地位，任命する-衝突 societies have to move on.

'記念の architecture has tended to 反映する the evil and misfortune of the historical period it 代表するs [but] in this sense the architecture's 遺産／遺物 is dark, sombre, and 堅固に oriented in the past.'

Nearly two million people - 21 per cent of the country's 全住民 - died at the 手渡すs of the 共産主義者 Khmer 紅 政権 led by 政治家 マリファナ between 1975 and 1979.?

Rather than just a museum, the Sleuk Rith 学校／設ける 会社にする／組み込むs the library for Southeast Asia's biggest collection of 集団殺戮-関係のある 構成要素, a 卒業生（する） school 焦点（を合わせる）ing on 集団殺戮, human 権利s and 衝突 熟考する／考慮するs, a 研究 centre and 古記録s, and a マスコミ centre and auditorium to be used by the entire community.

The 計画（する）s, which have received final 是認 from the 政府, also 含む a 730,000-square foot 記念の park with sports fields, orchards and vegetable gardens, and forest with 伝統的な sculptures, all to be used by the wider community.

The five 木造の buildings in the コンビナート／複合体 will be separate at the ground level but will intertwine as they rise, becoming one cohesive 部隊

'We were keen to create a 今後-looking 会・原則 that deviates from the 苦しめる-invoking, quasi-産業の harshness of most 存在するing 集団殺戮 記念の models,' Chhang said.

'This is not to criticise or denigrate such models but, instead, to 強調 that in light of Cambodia's rich cultural and 宗教的な traditions, we must move in a different and more 前向きに／確かに-oriented direction.'

'The best 記念のs are not 反対するs we visit once, contempla te, and とじ込み／提出する away. The best 記念のs evoke reflection and 記念, but are also living, dynamic public places that engage with all 世代s within the community.'?

The 記念の will 含む the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, alo ng with a 卒業生（する） school, auditorium and museum

The structures themselves will be separate at ground level but will intertwine as they rise 上向きs, 奮起させるd by the connecting levels of the Angkor Wat 寺 in Siem 得る.?

Sleuk Rith translates as 'The 力／強力にする of the leaves', an homage to the 乾燥した，日照りのd leaves used to 記録，記録的な／記録する history. The 存在するing 研究 学校／設ける, which will move into part of the new 開発, is home to more than one million 文書s that recount the 残虐（行為）s of the Khmer 紅.

Chhang himself was a 生存者 of the horrific period of the 殺人，大当り Fields after 存在 a 囚人 of the Khmer 紅, who 支配するd from 1975-79, when he was just 15.?

The Angkor Wat 寺 in Siem 得る, Cambodia, which 供給するd inspiration for the new Sleuk Rith 学校／設ける?

Hadid, a 議論の的になる choice for the soon-to-be iconic 事業／計画（する） given she's not from the 地域, said she hoped that the 学校／設ける and its 記念の park would transform the community.

She said: 'Our hope is that the Sleuk Rith 学校／設ける and its 記念の park can have a truly transformative 影響, bringing new life and a 有望な 未来 to a 場所／位置 that 持つ／拘留するs traces of the 広大な／多数の／重要な 悲劇s of the past ... An 招待するing place where reflection, interaction and connectivity are not only its spatial 表現, but also embedded within its covenant to the people of Cambodia.'?

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