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Penjing

  • Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
2023

Shortlisted memorial proposal for the 1871 Los Angeles Chinese Massacre.

Fig. 1

Low winter sun illuminates Penjing garden and rakes across names on the fluted inner surface

Read about our proposal in The Architects’ Newspaper, Artnet, or LA Times. Designed in collaboration with Figure (James Leng & Jennifer Ly)

Fig. 2

A teacher explains the history of the event to local school children.

Fig. 3

Site and Programmatic Narrative