The African Ancestors Memorial Backyard in Charleston, South Carolina, honors the labor and legacy of enslaved folks.

The ecology of each the South Carolina low nation and the African diaspora function within the African Ancestors Memorial Backyard on the Worldwide African American Museum in Charleston. The backyard covers two and a half acres at Gadsden’s Wharf, the port of arrival for practically half the enslaved women and men dropped at North America. The design honors the artistry, craftsmanship, and labor of enslaved folks. Hood Design Studio received a 2024 ASLA Skilled Honor Award within the Normal Design class for his or her work.

A subject of sweetgrass references the artwork of basket weaving that enslaved Africans launched, whereas a curved wall mimics brick buildings they constructed at each the College of Virginia and Middleton Place, a Charleston plantation. Silver date palms, native to West Africa, are featured alongside native flowers and shrubs. A path throughout the Tide Tribute fountain, the place reduction figures characterize these shackled in slave ships, displays the Center Passage, the Atlantic Ocean route by means of which tens of millions of enslaved folks had been dropped at the Americas. Water flows out and in of the fountain, alternately hiding and revealing etched human figures. The design was developed in collaboration with native historians, artists, and political leaders.

Hood Design Studio, Oakland, California

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