Project Description
Rwanda’s Gacaca courts were convened to try perpetrators of the 1994 genocide and move the divided country toward reconciliation. After the trials concluded, the records of the proceedings were distributed throughout the country, putting them at risk of loss or damage. MASS was invited to design a national archive on the site of the planned Kigali Genocide Memorial (by John McAslan + Partners)—not only to preserve history, but to invite visitors to share their own stories and heal as a nation. It was designed in 2014 and remains unbuilt.