Grenfell Tower Memorial
Competition for a trauma-aware co-design.
In 2025, we were honoured to be shortlisted for the Grenfell Tower Memorial Competition, an international process launched in July 2024 to imagine a memorial for the 72 lives lost on 14 June 2017.
- ClientMHCLG, Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission
- TeamNEW SOUTH (Lead designer, Lead community engagement consultant, Architect)
FBM Architects (Principal designer CDM & BR, Architect)
Black Females In Architecture — Selasi Setufe MBE, Akua Danso, Neba Sere (Community engagement)
AKT II (Structural, Civil & Mechanical Engineering)
SOLSTICE - Soline Portmann (Landscape design & scenography)
ASHTON FIRE (Fire & safety)
Maddox Planning (Planning)
Momentum Transport Consultancy (Transport, access & movement)
Habitat Unit — Abel Feleke (Sustainable urban development & community engagement)
Atelier Ten (Building services, sustainability & lighting design) - Place, dateLondon, 2025
Rather than proposing a single finished object, our entry focused on a process: a method, a “cookbook” for how to design together. A way of holding space for care, memory, disagreement, and collective authorship.
Although our bid was unsuccessful, we look back on nearly a year of work with deep emotion, especially the time spent listening to bereaved families, survivors, and members of the immediate Grenfell community. That time has shaped us, and remains with us going forward.
We want to sincerely thank the incredible team who carried this work with commitment and generosity.