According to the Office of the President, the high-level session brought together Daniel Libeskind, Founder and Principal Architect of Studio Libeskind; Nina Libeskind, Co-founder; Stefan Blach, Partner; and Holm Keller, Chairman of the kENUP Foundation.

The planned project will renovate the current memorial site in Gisozi, where more than 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are laid to rest. The expansion will leverage cutting-edge technology and deeply personal visitor experiences to enhance education and reflection.

While final design specifications have not yet been made public, the upcoming facility in Kigali will rely on immersive storytelling and architectural symbolism to honor victims and reinforce the lessons of “Never Again.”

The partnership with the New York-based Studio Libeskind underscores the international weight of the initiative. The firm is widely recognized as a global leader in memorial architecture, specializing in designs that confront historical trauma while fostering healing and resilience.

Daniel Libeskind, born in Poland to Holocaust survivors, has built an international reputation for the “architecture of memory.” His structural designs utilize geometry, light, and movement to convey emotionally powerful historical narratives.

Co-founded alongside Nina Libeskind in 1989, the studio designed the iconic Jewish Museum Berlin, which opened in 2001. The museum features a distinct zigzag layout and empty concrete "Voids" to symbolize the destruction of Jewish life during the Holocaust.

The firm also gained global recognition after winning the master plan competition for the World Trade Center site in New York after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, preserving victim memory while enabling urban renewal.

The studio has also delivered the Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names in Amsterdam, using a labyrinth of engraved bricks, and the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, which features fractured geometric forms evoking loss and hope.

The ongoing talks mark a pivotal step in positioning Rwanda alongside other nations utilizing architecture as a tool for collective healing, cementing the site as one of the world's most significant contemporary memorials.