World War I Memorial Design Proposals

     This week, I'm interested in an article about the National World War One Memorial design in Washington. The Memorial will be built in Pershing Park, which was opened in 1981 on Pennsylvania Avenue and currently includes a memorial to John J.Pershing. Pershing was the first commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force in World War One. According to the Express, there are five design finalists for the Memorial.

• The first design is called " Plaza to the Forgotten War", by Architects of Schemaling. It uses a series of  pylons with text and images to visually remind visitors of WWI veterans.

• The second one is "Heroes' Green", by Maria Counts. It uses a dense, forested park with images set into the landscape and a garden of trees.

• The third one is "World War One Memorial", by Kimmel Studio. It appears to be more traditional,  including an oval memorial space centered in a trapezoidal park.

• "An American Family Portrait Wall in the Park", by STL Architects, is the fourth design.  The designers wanted to show the full scale of the war by embedding or inserting photographs on the ground in the park.

• The final design is "The Weight of Sacrifice", by Joseph Weishaar. This one uses images of a timeline of major events in the war on a wall.

Look at some pictures below :

Which one is the most appropriate in your opinion?