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...elsewhere, where high-level al-Qaeda operatives were kept incommunicado and under stress in conditions well below even Motel 6 standards. Which followed reports of various "coercive interrogation" techniques (most notoriously, water boarding, or mock drowning) used to get information out of the likes of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of the 9/11 attacks...
...Puustinen: While most entries called for monumental structures, this Finnish architect proposes something more interactive. A meandering walkway would crisscross a stream and lead down to the beach; visitors would make boats by folding banana leaves, and would then set them afloat on the sea as ritual offerings. "People participate by making a personal act," she explains, "and together they create the memorial...
...Richard Weller/Gary Marinko: Simplicity and elegance mark the memorial suggested by these Australian partners, landscape architect Weller and architect Marinko. It would consist of a 200-m-wide field of floating lights in the ocean, to be viewed from the headland or the beach. "Lighting up the ocean plays on something basic," says Weller. "I suppose it's an optimistic sign...
...Liang Hou: "After the disaster, people want to be closer to the gods, closer to what they believe, and most importantly closer to each other," says Shanghai-based architect Liang Hou. His proposal, a Stonehenge-like structure of massive white blocks, forms an abstract, architectural sculpture of people dancing in a circle...
...Raveevarn Choksombatchai: A tube-like bridge designed by this Thai-born, California-based architect is the most abstract design to make the cut, and it's also one of the most visually intriguing. Built from a lattice of wood and other natural materials, it's meant to blend in with the surrounding forest, prompting visitors to reflect on humans' relationship with nature...