Kigali Genocide Memorial Amphitheatre by Wall Corporation | World Design Awards 2020

Wall Corporation: Second Award of World Design Awards 2020. Rwanda is a climatic rainy area. The amphitheater in the museum area is desired to be covered for creating protection from rain. Amphitheater structures are uncovered designs.Amphitheater structures consist of stage and the audience which create one open area. Instead of a collection of spaces next to each other, such as housing and offices, only a space is designed in this project. One open space.Emptiness is designed. Project which consists in an open side of the stage and audience area covered by a curved steel forms.Rwanda historical King’s Houses has circular shape as a dome. Emptiness form is inspired from Rwandan historical architecture.

Firm: Wall Corporation
Architect: Selim Senin
Category: Public Building Concept

Project Location: Kigali
Team: Selim Senin
Country: Rwanda
Photography ©Credit: Wall Corporation

WALL Corporation Kigali and Istanbul based architecture office WALL Corporation was founded by architect Selim Senin in 2010. After working for a different architectural company in Istanbul, Senin established his own practice in Istanbul firstly. Working for projects that participated in 25 national and international architectural project competitions. After the projects were published on the internet, he received proposals for project design from various countries.

Senin also has established  Wall corporation in Kigali in 2017. He continues to work on various projects in Turkey and Rwanda based in Kigali.