
DC-Cam resolved early in its planning that the Sleuk Rith Institute would redefine the traditional approach to the design of commemorative architecture. Pursuant to that resolution, the Institute Planning Board intentionally partnered with Zaha Hadid Architects of London. The gracious but powerful architectural language of Dame Zaha Hadid defies much traditional structural design, often emphasizing the curvilinear over the conventional sharp and angular elements of modern architecture. Her portfolio features sweeping structures that shatter expectations by exalting and intensifying how they are experienced. With her firm at the helm, the Institute has the potential to redirect the dominant design approach of war crimes commemorative architecture in an entirely new, uplifting and more enriching direction.