TRANSCENDENCE

Project for Souls of Beirut Competition

Transcendence is a memorial design for the victims of the Beirut port exoplosion of August fourth. The hand is a symbol of hope for those who survived the explosion and the 200 LED lights along the exterior of the cedar wood honors the victims. The three glass walls of varrying opacity obscure the direct sight of the wooden hand, representing the the uncertainty which Beirut lived through in this period of time. Moreover, lightly etched along the two exterior rings of the memorial are the masked citizens of Lebnanon who came together after the explosion to clear the rubble off the streets. The path into the structure is not direct as opposed to its exit which present a perspective view of the Mediterranean Sea.

This module was printed from PLA plastic using the Creality Ender 3D printer. This was made to be a high quality print. Therefore a dense lattice infill was used to make the model more durable and portray the design’s details. It is important to note the print’s imperfections at areas of a steep slope due to a lack of bottom supports while printing.