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Samuel and Martha Adams Memorial at Burnet Park
Samuel and Martha Adams Memorial at Burnet Park
Oakville, Canada
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Samuel and Martha Adams Memorial at Burnet Park
Oakville, Canada
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Under Construction
YEAR
2026
At SOCA, we approach public art as a powerful act of cultural storytelling—where memory and imagination converge in the landscape. Our work draws from overlooked histories, lived experience, and collective aspirations to craft spaces that honor the past while opening possibilities for the future. Through material, form, and spatial experience, we translate vision into built reality—making place for gathering, reflection, and intergenerational dialogue.
Our design for a memorial to Samuel and Martha Adams in Oakville, Ontario commemorates the life and legacy of a remarkable figure whose story embodies resilience, ingenuity, and community leadership. Set in Burnet Park, just steps from where the Adams once lived, the memorial reintroduces salvaged foundation stones from their son’s 19th-century home—anchoring the site with authentic material memory. These stones are framed by newly constructed rammed earth walls that evoke permanence and craft. Sculptural iron seating gestures to Adams’ blacksmithing trade and longer histories of African ironwork, while the open, contemplative design invites visitors to connect with a profound local history of migration, invention, and Black community-building. The project honours the Adams’ legacy not only as a skilled craftsman and entrepreneur, but as a builder of place—whose story continues to shape Oakville’s cultural landscape.
Our design for a memorial to Samuel and Martha Adams in Oakville, Ontario commemorates the life and legacy of a remarkable figure whose story embodies resilience, ingenuity, and community leadership. Set in Burnet Park, just steps from where the Adams once lived, the memorial reintroduces salvaged foundation stones from their son’s 19th-century home—anchoring the site with authentic material memory. These stones are framed by newly constructed rammed earth walls that evoke permanence and craft. Sculptural iron seating gestures to Adams’ blacksmithing trade and longer histories of African ironwork, while the open, contemplative design invites visitors to connect with a profound local history of migration, invention, and Black community-building. The project honours the Adams’ legacy not only as a skilled craftsman and entrepreneur, but as a builder of place—whose story continues to shape Oakville’s cultural landscape.
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