位于Monticello的沉思场所由著名景观设计公司Nelson Byrd Woltz landscape Architects (NBW)和跨学科设计公司HGA合作完成。并于2023年6月17日星期六，举办了首次私人六月节纪念活动。
Renowned landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW) and interdisciplinary design firm HGA and are honored to announce the completion of the Contemplative Site at Monticello. The Contemplative Site was dedicated during a private Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 17.
▼项目视频，video©Ian Atkins
这处全新的沉思场地位于Mulberry Row工业中心的尽头，俯瞰着Thomas Jefferson面积达5000英亩的山顶种植园。项目的核心目标旨在纪念在Monticello生活和劳动的607名男女奴隶和童工，通过纪念活动促进人们之间的相互理解，创造出一次治愈人们心灵的机会。
This new place of reflection at the end of Mulberry Row, the industrial hub of Thomas Jefferson’s 5,000-acre mountaintop plantation, honors the 607 enslaved men, women and children who lived and labored at Monticello, and offers an opportunity for greater understanding and healing.
▼项目与周围景观概览，overall of the project and surrounding environment©Ian Atkins
由奴隶社区后代和Monticello工作人员共同设计的沉思场所，为游客提供了一个反思Monticello奴隶制历史的地方，这段黑暗的历史为当时身处其中的人们带来了巨大的苦难，并对当今社会产生了持久的影响。大约40名在此生活和劳动的被奴役者于Monticello墓地中长眠，该墓地在2022年6月重新投入使用，而本项目的设计则与墓地的设计建设同时进行，旨在为当时奴工的劳动场所和他们最终的安息地之间建立起联系。
Designed in collaboration with descendants of the enslaved community and Monticello staff, the Contemplative Site provides visitors a place to reflect on the realities of slavery at Monticello, the people entangled in it, and its lasting impact on society today. A parallel design intervention at the Burial Ground for Enslaved People —the final resting place for an estimated 40 enslaved people who lived and labored at Monticello—which was rededicated on Juneteenth 2022, will create a connection between the sites of labor and final rest.
▼项目整体鸟瞰，aerial view of the project©Ian Atkins
▼顶视图，top view of the project©Ian Atkins
▼纪念墙远观，viewing the memorial wall at distance©Ian Atkins
▼耐候钢纪念墙，the memorial wall made of Corten steel©Ian Atkins
60英尺（约18.29米）长的曲面耐候钢纪念墙描绘了一条“劳动之路”，上面记录了Jefferson曾奴役的607名男人、女人和孩子的名字。纪念墙上还留有一些额外的空白空间，为后续经过研究发现的新名字留出余地。墙面上镂空开口的设计灵感来自Maya Angelou的诗《我仍在崛起》，镂空的比例随着墙体从曾经这片被奴役的土地上拔地而起而增加。
The subtly curved 60-foot-long wall of Corten steel traces a “path of labor ” and holds the names of the 607 men, women and children enslaved by Jefferson during his lifetime. The panels also contain open spaces which allow for new names to be added as they are discovered through additional research. The openings—inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem, “Still I Rise” —increase as the wall rises from the ground that was once worked by the enslaved community.
▼曲面耐候钢纪念墙描绘了一条“劳动之路”，the subtly curved 60-foot-long wall of Corten steel traces a “path of labor ” ©Ian Atkins
Monticello沉思场地的景观空间将游客引导至那些被奴役的人们的历史生活场景中，那时，奴隶们每天都要从场地北侧的泉水旁汲水供Jefferson家庭做饭、饮水、洗澡使用。这条路上的脚印以水的形式将生命带到了山顶，道路的痕迹直到现在还依稀可见。冥想空间的长弧线形式与这条历史上的劳动之路平行，进而将路的痕迹凸显了出来，并引导着游客重新踏上这条由苦难的脚印一步一步踏出的小路上。
The landscape space held by the Contemplative Site at Monticello brings the visitor alongside the historic path used by enslaved people to bring water from the North Spring to the house. The water carried daily by enslaved people was then used for cooking, drinking, and bathing by Jefferson and his family. The footsteps on this path literally brought life to the mountaintop in the form of water. The long arcing form of the meditative space lies parallel to this historic path of labor, until recently less visible to the eye, revealing it once more and bringing visitors adjacent to the authentic line of energy in the site, built up over time, step by step.
▼墙体镂空部分为受难者的名字，the carved parts of the wall bear the names of the victims©Ian Atkins
▼纪念墙细部，details of the memorial wall©Ian Atkins
▼人们在墙上装饰了纪念鲜花，people decorated the walls with flowers ©Ian Atkins
镌刻了受难者名字的纪念墙，在历史与前来冥想沉思的人们之间建立起联系，而多条长凳和新种植的树木则为人们提供了荫凉的休憩空间。路径和墙壁的弧形姿态暗示了曾经在这里受到奴役的人们的数量，而建筑的细节则引领着人们直视那些承受苦难的人们的名字。因此，Monticello沉思之地不是一处为游客和参观者准备的停歇之地，而是一处充满回忆和反思的纪念目的地。
For those in meditation and contemplation, there is a connection created in viewing the individual names on the wall, and rest is offered by the multiple benches and the shade of newly planted trees. The arcing gesture of the paths and walls responds to the collective; the scale of enslavement at Monticello, while the architectural details bring the visitor face to face with the individual names of those who labored here. Thus, the Contemplative Site serves not as a stop along one’s visit to Monticello but as a destination for remembrance and reflection.
▼六月节庆祝活动，the private Juneteenth celebration ©Ian Atkins
▼活动现场照片，photos of the event©Ian Atkins
▼施工过程，construction process©Ian Atkins
▼纪念墙制作过程，fabrication process of the memorial wall©Ian Atkins
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