SUN + SHADOW FOOTPATH MEMORIAL
MEMORIAL PROPOSAL FOR GREYSTONE PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL 2023
NEW JERSEY, USA | 40.8396ºN, 74.4819ºW
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (1876 - 2008) began with a mission to connect mental health with architecture, the environment, and intentional care. Quickly, the public institution became overcrowded and was unable to function intentionally. The 673,700 sq foot building was demolished in 2015. Despite preservation efforts, only a few faaade elements remain.
At its core, this proposed memorial seeks to honor the depth of this place by remembering what was once there and surrounding those memories with new life.
SITE PLAN, SAPLINGS | 1/32"=1'-0"
SITE PLAN, GROWN TREES | 1/32"=1'-0"
ISOMETRIC, TREES GROWN | 1/32"=1'-0"
EASTERN ELEVATION | 1/8"=1'-0"
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION | 1/8"=1'-0"
DETAIL OF CAST ELEMENTS
DETAIL SECTION | 1/8"=1'-0"
NEW LIFE
REMEBERANCE
PROCESS
A LINEAR, DISPERSED MEMORIAL THAT INTEGRATES:
The fragments of the facade are placed in an order that corresponds to their original positions.
132 trees, representative of the years during which Greystone was operational, heal the earth on which the site is seated through phytoremediation.
A winding 3-foot-wide path of white crushed stone illuminates the buildingís footprint and brings visitors through the site with a story.
