LGBTQ2+ National Monument | 2021 | MVRDV

The Lens, MVRDV’s competition proposal for Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument dedicated to Canada’s Queer community - in particular those who endured what is now termed the LGBT Purge - has been selected as a finalist and is now available for public viewing on the Government of Canada’s Department of National Heritage website. Designed as part of a team that is led by Canadian office Fathom Studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and includes Two Row Architect from Six Nations of the Grand River, the Lens represents a striking new addition to the collection of monuments that encircle Ottawa’s Confederation Boulevard.
Located on a sheltered 6300 m2 site facing the majestic Ottawa River, just a few steps from the Parliament Buildings to the east and Chaudière Falls to the west, the Monument and park are a place for education, memorialization, celebration, and inspiration. The concept celebrates the act of resilience generated through community: carving space from a hostile environment, standing proud from the landscape, and sending reverberations of this power into the landscape and beyond.
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