The landscape proposal, located next to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, complements and reinforces the conceptual framework and architectural ‘inner volume’ designed by Wodiczko+Bonder.

The proposal is guided by a planting strategy that creates a resilient landscape to support life. The legacy of the existing allée of trees in the park provides new life to an emerging forest ecology. These old trees act as the ‘hubs’ of a mycorrhizal network, where plant resources such as carbon and nitrogen are distributed from tree to tree via a well-established root system. The unique ability of the forest ecology to share resources underground via roots is highlighted within the monument as an emblematic condition. Over time, fungi become visible on the forest floor as indicators of the complex connectivity of this forest community. These are the signs of the underground network which connects one plant to another – regardless of species – and signals the robust biological web that has been created within this diverse and changing landscape. Carefully selected plantings within the new forest floor create moments of bloom out of season with the world around it. The planting of the forest floor invites people to take a closer look at both the above and below ground communities.

This renewed forest is framed as a monument itself along the eastern edge of the park. It makes a natural contribution to the life of the park on a number of levels: by establishing a transformed eastern park entry experience for the community; by creating blooming garden spaces which host everyday life; and, most importantly, by enabling the forest ecology to become more healthy and more resilient. Ultimately, the monument landscape supports multiple forms of life upon life.