Adjaye Associates has completed a memorial to the woman whose shooting by the Metropolitan Police in 1985 triggered the Brixton riots.
Cherry Groce was paralysed from the waist down in the attack which happened in front of her children at their home. She died as a result of her injuries in 2011.
The Cherry Groce Memorial Pavilion in Brixton’s Windrush Square consists of a single column supporting a triangular roof planted with flowers. The column represents Cherry’s strength and support of her community.
With its roof and integrated benches, it is intended to act as a gathering place as well as memorial, said David Adjaye who said the design echoed the lawns and angular forms of the square’s existing landscaping including the neighbouring Memorial to African and Caribbean Soldiers.