Ukwakha iSikhumbuzo Eisenhower eWashington DC

Isikhumbuzo Sikazwelonke kuMongameli uDwight D. Eisenhower

I-Eisenhower Memorial, isikhumbuzo sesizwe sokuhlonipha uMongameli uDwight D. Eisenhower, sizokwakhiwa endaweni engamahektare amane phakathi kuka 4th no 6th Street St, eningizimu ye-Independence Avenue eWashington, DC. U-Eisenhower wakhonza njengoMongameli wama-34 we-United States futhi wanikeza ubuholi obubalulekile phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, waphela iMpi YaseKorea futhi waqhubeka exhumana ngokusebenzayo neSoviet Union phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi.



Ngo-2010, i-Eisenhower Memorial Commission, yakhetha umqondo womklamo ngumdwebi owaziwayo emhlabeni uFrank O. Gehry. Idizayini ehlongozwayo yenze ukugxeka emndenini wakwa-Eisenhower, amalungu eCongress, nabanye. Kusukela ngoDisemba 2015, iCongress ayisamukele izimali zephrojekthi. Abagxeki baye bathi izici zesikhumbuzo azifanelekile futhi azihloniphi. ISikhumbuzo se-Eisenhower senzelwe ukuba sibe nemifula ye-oak, amakholomu amakhulu amachilo, futhi isikhala semisipha sakha amatshe amatshe angama-monolithic. Kuzoba nemidwebo nemibhalo ebonisa izithombe zokuphila kuka-Eisenhower. Ikhomishana yeSikhumbuzo ihlose usuku lokuvula lwango-2019, iminyaka engu-75 ye-D-Day. Ukwakhiwa akukwazi ukuqala kuze kutholakale izimali.

Ama-Key Elements of the Eisenhower Memorial Design


Indawo

ISikhumbuzo se-Eisenhower sizoba ipaki yasemadolobheni ehlala eceleni kwe-Independence Avenue, emgwaqeni we-4th no-6, SW Washington DC, eningizimu yeNational Mall, eduze neSydneysonian National Air and Space Museum , uMnyango wezeMfundo, uMnyango wezeMpilo kanye noHulumeni Izinsiza, i-Federal Aviation Administration, ne-Voice of America. I-Metro Station esiseduze yi-L'Enfant Plaza, i-Federal Centre SW kanye ne-Smithsonian. Ukupaka kuncane kakhulu endaweni futhi ukuthutha komphakathi kuphakanyiswa. Ukuze uthole ukusikisela kwezindawo zokupaka, bheka umhlahlandlela wokupaka eduze ne-National Mall.

Mayelana noDwight D. Eisenhower

U-Dwight D. (Ike) u-Eisenhower wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 14, 1890, eDenison, eTexas. Ngomnyaka we-1945 wamiswa njengenduna yabasebenzi be-US Army. Waba umqondisi wokuqala we-Supreme Allied of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ngo-1951. Ngo-1952 wakhetha umengameli we-US. Wakhonza imigomo emibili. U-Eisenhower ushone ngoMashi 28, 1969, eWalter Reed Army Hospital eWashington, DC.

Mayelana nomdwebi uFrank O. Gehry

Umklami owaziwa emhlabeni wonke uFrank O. Gehry uyinkampani egcwele imisebenzi yokwakha enezikhathi eziningi emhlabeni wonke emisebenzini yemyuziyamu, yaseshashalazini, yokusebenza, yezemfundo nokuhweba.

Imiklamo ephawulekayo yi Gehry ihlanganisa: i-Guggenheim Museum Bilbao eBilbao, eSpain; I-Experience Music Project e-Seattle, Washington naseWalt Disney Concert Hall eLos Angeles, eCalifornia.

Iwebhusayithi : www.eisenhowermemorial.org