Presented by The Full Circle Design Competition finalists at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on November 10th ― and on exhibit at OHA from the evening of November 10 through November 24th ― here are the concepts developed by each of our three design teams. After reviewing, members of the public are encouraged to complete the Community Feedback survey below!
Creative Urban Alchemy Collective
Unity Circle reimagines St. Mary’s Circle and the Powelson site as a unified civic landscape where Indigenous knowledge, ecological restoration, and Syracuse’s diverse histories converge. Inspired by Haudenosaunee teachings of unity, the design weaves waterways, ancestral ecologies, cultural narratives, and community-created art into a living Heritage Walk. Through gathering spaces, storytelling, and cultural celebrations, the landscape becomes a place of collective memory, belonging, and shared futures.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Memory Park will be a destination for the Syracuse community to come together, with three
permanent interactive installations anchoring the site: a rewilded garden of people’s heartbeats, an evolving portrait of the city, and a tree sculpture that listens and responds. The park will exist as a living archive, creating a platform to foster dialogue and honor the diversity of the city.
TEN x TEN and Masary
Living Circles: A Garden for Memory reimagines Syracuse’s Columbus Circle as a living landscape that keeps memory active. A new garden and interactive sculpture are organized around three interdependent cycles: human, ecological, and celestial. Together, they create a common ground for many histories to coexist, the land to heal, and the community to shape what comes next.
Community Feedback Survey
The Curatorial Committee will meet in December to select a winning design. Community feedback will be part of their consideration. Please use the survey linked below to contribute to this process!