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The monument in Atocha Station
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The inner layer with the messages
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The blue room inside the Station
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Urban context
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visitors inside the monument
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glass wall base detail
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longitudinal section
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blue room groundplan
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11 March Memorial
FAM Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Madrid, Spain
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Name of work in English
11 March Memorial
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Name of work in original language
Monumento a las víctimas del 11 de Marzo
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2009
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Work Location
Madrid, Spain
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Studio
FAM Arquitectura y Urbanismo
EUmies Awards 2009 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Structural engineering: Schlaich, Bergermann & Partners, Fhecor ingenieros; Climatisation: Comacal, Rafael; Electrical: Rodolfo Ortiz; Lighting: iguzzini; Construction company: DRAGADOS; Façades: BELLAPART, CRICURSA
Program
Funerary
Completion
2007
Built to commemorate the bombing of Madrid's Atocha railway station on March 11, 2004, the memorial is located in front of the station, from which it can be accessed through a bluecoloured empty chamber running under the street. The monument consists of two parts: the underground chamber and an ovalshaped glass tower, linked together by a round window. The names of the victims are engraved on the translucent glass panel between the first and second entrance doors and the ETFE membrane inside the tower is printed with hundreds of messages left at the station by mourners after the attack. The tower is composed of 15,000 curved glass blocks glued together with a liquidacrylic material hardened by ultraviolet lamps, that during the day is illuminated by sunlight, while at night it glows from the internal lighting at the base. From the otherwise dark chamber, visitors can gaze upwards to read the messages of condolence and support.