Workers Memorial

 

Vaughan, Ontario

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        The Memorial, located in front of the Woodbridge Pool and Memorial Arena in Vaughan dedicated to all Canadian workers of Italian descent who perished or were injured in work related accidents.  The Memorial committee commissioned a statue to Giovanni Fanton, a local artist of Italian descent who chose a highly defined realistic style to represent the theme.

       Our task was to design an installation that would provide both a base and an architectural setting around the statue to emphasize its social and symbolic values.  For this reason the statue has been installed on a platform surrounded by a series of concrete pillars resembling a bridge collapsing under construction, with precast concrete pieces piled over a shallow pool.  Water cascades from behind the statue to the pool, evoking the falling movement of debris.

       A small Piazza-like structure, elevated from the surrounding area, with seating for public events and recreation crowns the statue, its pedestal and the pool area