This memorial designed with the consulting of the Italian architect Matteo Ponsetti wants to give an answer to a series of problems that the city of Mogadiscio faces. Lack of public spaces open to all, security and "beauty" intended as improvement of urban livability.This memorial wants to fix in the memory of the people and the urban space of Mogadishu the terrible memory of this terrorist attack because I believe that despite the pain, it's our duty to remember the victims.
This memorial was not thought of as a simple monument but more like a garden, which forces the visitor to feel the pain through a walk that crosses 510 rectangles embedded in the ground, each of which represents a victim of the attack. These rectangles were designed with the same dimensions as a prayer rug, so that it can also function as a spiritual gathering space. The path is bordered on both sides by these rectangles that force the visitor to cross the space that separates it from the actual monument in an emotional way. The end of the memorial leads to three large blocks containing respectively the names of the victims and the story of October 14th. For the purpose of making the garden open to the outside but at the same time protected from any accidents, the perimeter and flanked by an alternation of pots containing plants and rectangular concrete blocks.
