The Everrest project designed by Simon Takasaki is a monument
that commemorates the end of mining in Duhamel, Germany. The path leads
over a natural base of broken bricks, boulders, and a well lit and airy
great hall -a space designed for contemplation and inspiration. The
design characterizes by its careful integration to the landscape, urban
context, and historical site. The 30 meters-high, walk-in sculpture, holds the ‘path of the history’
of the site. is a memorial, the sculpture offers the viewer a path
within a mountain appearing as part of the natural topography.The project’s geometry gives the impression of being a cave that
communicates to the outside world through a series of openings. Seen
from outside, the sculpture seems to be formed by invisible forces of
nature: an amorphous entity. On the one hand strong winds have been compressed and formed a dynamic,
harmonious formation, on the other, destructive forces and dissonances
are at work and fragment the choreography of the monument. The
syncretic inversion of the mountain surrounds the visitor as continuos
space that extends to the observation deck.