The 13 November Memorial Garden is praised for its restrained, imaginative treatment of collective trauma from the 2015 Paris bombings. The project translates the six attack sites into a fractured garden structure, where stone, ground, and vegetation carry the memory of violence. The arrangement of stones suggests debris and fracture, but the result is not only a memorial to terror. It is also a calm public refuge in the city, open to everyday life, walking, quiet thought, and children’s play. By transforming a former parking area into a garden where water, birds, and vegetation return, the project offers remembrance through life rather than solemnity alone. - from the award statements
