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The Clearing
A space of healing, solidarity,
and commemoration.
We wanted to acknowledge that the healing process does not end, but
continues and grows - much like the incredible compassion which many
victims’ families have put back into the world since the tragedy. We felt
a path would both represent and nurture this process. Our path winds in
gentle circles through a flowering woodland which celebrates the beautiful
lives of the victims, eventually arriving at a central memorial clearing where
the community can gather in love for those lost. The path has no true
beginning or end, allowing visitors to experience the space at their own
pace and in their own way, while always bringing them closer together.

REAR GATE / TRAIL TO

TREADWELL
MEMORIAL PARK

FRONT GATE

ENTRY ALLE

2 1
3 4

ENTRY PAVILION

50’
25’ 100’

Memorial Clearing Braided Parking

Overlook Bridge & Fountain Pathway

Resting Walls

Site Section
 1. Candlelight memorial at the Sacred Sycamore

2. Arctic Sun Dogwood and Gold Winterberry bring

warmth and wildlife in the winter

‘SACRED SYCAMORE’ 30 years

The center of the fountain is
planted with a young sycamore,
Sacred
in remembrance of the young age Sycamore
at which many the victims were taken
from us. American sycamores are 10 years
durable, long lived, and fast growing
trees. The mottled white bark represents
the innocence of the victims
3 years COMFORT AND ENCLOSURE
The memorial fountain is surrounded
Non-Biodegradable by a high stone wall with a bench
Sacred Soil combined built in to it, gently rising to a height
Day 1 of 4 ft.
with slurry to make
circular stone seatwall

water flows inward

Sacred Soil
heated in winter (Biodegradable)
Enlargement Plan: 1” = 15’

Memorial Bridge The Overlook

for Victim’s Familes and Survivors for First Responders

The Clearing
for Shooting Victims

Entry Pavilion

Resting Walls
for Community of Newtown

TOPOGRAPHY
BRAIDED PATHWAY
We sought to unify the currently
In addition to unifying the site, the
fractured site with topography. By
topographic intervention makes
connecting the two high points
almost every portion of the site
of the site, we created a sense of
ADA accessible. Site circulation is
secure boundary for the memorial
comprised of a series of braided
as well as a spiral gesture which
pathways, gradually winding
defines the form of the park. The
towards The Clearing.
topographic intervention removes
the southwest pond, but enlarges
the northeast pond.
3. Circling paths wind through fall colors

4. Birdseye view of the park in early summer

Clethra alnifolia Platanus occidentalus Asclepias sp. Solidago speciosa Aster novae-angliae Acer saccharum Cornus sanguinea ‘Arc c Sun’ Tilia americana
Summersweet American Sycamore Milkweed Goldenrod New England Aster Silver Maple Arc c Sun Dogwood American Linden

SUMMER AUTUMN
Deep shade makes for a pleasant Summer foliage gives way to
and meditative walk. Shade gives New England color. American
way at the center of the site to a Linden, Silver Maple, Sycamore
sun filled clearing, where life-giving and Dogwood change one by one,
water brings an element of cool creating a colorful whirl in time,
comfort. Colorful perennial butterfly accentuating the spiral form of the
attractors come into bloom. space and illuminating the air with
orange and gold.

Ilex ver cillata ‘ Winter Gold’ Tsuga canadensis Cornus sanguinea Taxus canadensis Cornus florida Tiarella cordifolia Clethra ‘Sixteen Candles’ Geranium maculatum
Gold Winterberry Eastern Hemlock Arc c Sun Dogwood Canada Yew Flowering Dogwood Foamflower Summersweet Geranium

WINTER SPRING
In the darkest time of year, and A vibrant rebirth occurs, restarting
during the anniversary of the the cycle. White flowering dogwoods
shooting, the landscape goes and fresh green buds are a backdrop
dormant. Yet evergreens persist, for perennial flowers - geraniums,
and wintergold holly and arctic sun foam flower and sixteen candles
dogwood provide warm fields and -which bring a burst of life into the
accents, keeping love and memory park.
alive.

5. Overlook among existing hemlock grove