Project by Mi Zhou @casual_anglegrinder + Juke Jose @jukestaposition
Located at the Sumpul River on the border of El Salvador and Honduras, this project responds to the Guinda de Mayo massacre, where over 500 people were killed and at least 55 children went missing. Today, the site is both a place of mourning and an active landscape used for annual commemorations. Rather than creating a static monument, the design frames memory as a ritual journey across the site. A sequence of spaces guides visitors from distant observation to collective gathering, then into slower acts of walking, collecting, and reflection. Flame trees, seasonal flowers, fishing nets, and stones are used as both spatial and symbolic elements, connecting ecological cycles with acts of remembrance. The journey extends into the river through scattered stones before ending at the water’s edge, where offerings are released — allowing memory to move, rather than remain fixed.
