Reflecting Pool. Image Courtesy of ZHA

The project will serve as Cambodia’s go-to archive for Khmer Rouge history and a leading centre for genocide studies in Asia.

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Sleuk Rith Institute in Phnom Penh. The highly anticipated project, commissioned by the Documentation Centre of Cambodia’s (DC-Cam), will serve as Cambodia’s go-to archive for Khmer Rouge history and a leading centre for genocide studies in Asia.

Five wooden towers, inspired by ancient Angkorian architecture, will house the institute’s ‘cross-section of pursuits’, including a genocide research centre, graduate school, museum, document archives and research library. As the towers rise, the structures will interweave and link, connecting various departments above the ground level and uniting the institution as a singular whole.....Continue Reading

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