Nasleđe (Jan 2019)
Unrealized competition winning conceptual designs for Memorial Park in Jajinci by Zdenko Kolacio and Marko Mušić
Abstract
The paper discusses the unrealized, first-awarded competition conceptual designs for the Memorial Park in Jajinci by prominent Yugoslav architects Zdenko Kolacio (competition in 1956/7) and Marko Mušić (competition in 1980). The methods and ways in which the authors interpreted the mass shooting of civilians in Jajinci are analyzed and the impacts of social and cultural circumstances on the (non-) realization of the Memorial Park is investigated. On the basis of the historical review of the mass shooting in Jajinci, this work aims at broadening the knowledge of the event itself, enabling us to understand, explain and interpret the design strategies of the authors of the winning designs. The further aim of the paper is to look at the authors' thoughts and views on the ways of presenting and marking the place of sufferings, but also to investigate the reasons why neither award-winning competition conceptual design has been realized. In the end, the contribution to and significance of the Memorial Park competition designs in the formation of a new approach to interpreting memorial complexes will be presented.
