Brit Hammer creates glass art and architectural installations for public, commercial, and residential applications. Her work is exhibited both in the Netherlands and abroad, and she is internationally known for her use of color.
In approaching the design of the "Freedom Monument", I made use of shape, transparency, texture, and scale to embody the ideas of: stability, clarity, openness, and freedom.
My proposal for the "Freedom Monument" for the new Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty headquarters in Prague is a sculpture comprised of 3 triangular stacked glass wedges arranged such that, together, they unpretentiously suggest the form of a pyramid. They represent the solid democratic foundation necessary to achieve freedom.