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SWA Group announced as winners of the Sandy Hook Memorial Competition

By Hope Daley|

Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition winning entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

A commission appointed by the town of Newtown, Connecticut recently announced SWA Group as the winner of the of The Sandy Hook Memorial Competition for a new memorial honoring the victims and survivors of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The design, titled The Clearing, was officially recommended and will now await final approvals.

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.
Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

Located on a 5-acre site near the elementary school, the memorial consists of a landscape mixed with trails, lakes, and winding paths around a reflecting pool. SWG Group's design features the 26 victim's names carved into the stone edge of the reflecting pool.

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.
Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

The memorial will be paid for using money donated to the town after the mass shooting. The commission plans on dedicating the memorial by December of 2019. 

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

Design Team
SWA Group: Ben Waldo and Daniel Affleck 
SWA/Balsley: Justin Winters 
Fluidity: Jim Garland

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SWA Group announced as winners of the Sandy Hook Memorial Competition

By Hope Daley|

Wednesday, Aug 15, 2018

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Sandy Hook Memorial Competition winning entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

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competition winner ● competition ● memorial ● connecticut ● usa ● swa group ● landscape design
SWA Group
SWA Group

A commission appointed by the town of Newtown, Connecticut recently announced SWA Group as the winner of the of The Sandy Hook Memorial Competition for a new memorial honoring the victims and survivors of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The design, titled The Clearing, was officially recommended and will now await final approvals.

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.
Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

Located on a 5-acre site near the elementary school, the memorial consists of a landscape mixed with trails, lakes, and winding paths around a reflecting pool. SWG Group's design features the 26 victim's names carved into the stone edge of the reflecting pool.

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.
Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

The memorial will be paid for using money donated to the town after the mass shooting. The commission plans on dedicating the memorial by December of 2019. 

Sandy Hook Memorial Competition entry by SWA Group. Image: SWA Group.

Design Team
SWA Group: Ben Waldo and Daniel Affleck 
SWA/Balsley: Justin Winters 
Fluidity: Jim Garland

RELATED COMPETITION The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission
RELATED NEWS Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian unveils winning Native American Veterans Memorial design

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