A project, designed by two Spanish architects was announced on Wednesday to be the winner of Thailand 's Tsunami Memorial Design Competition.

Ana Somaza and Juana Canet, two woman architecture designers from Spain, finally won the worldwide competition which was attended by a total of 679 contestants from 49 countries. Their project "Mountains of Remembrance" will be built at the site of Khao-Lak Lamru National Park in the southern province of Phang-Nga.

Somaza and Canet said the "Mountains of Remembrance" was inspired by the southeastern coast landscape of Thailand. The main idea of the project is to recreate an artificial piece of nature integrated in the park with the aim to provide people with a nature symbolic place where to meditate experience and teach them to live with the force of nature.

Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop honored Somaza and Canet as the co-winners at the Government House on Wednesday.

The design competition was launched in September 2005.

In February this year, a jury of prominent design professionals from several countries selected five projects from Spain, China, Finland, the United States and Australia as the finalists and a second jury then reviewed these designs and recommended a final design for submittal to the Government of Thailand.

According to official figures, there are 4,225 people, including 1,926 foreigners, died in Phang-Nga during the tsunami in December 2004, with another 5,597 injured and 1,680 still missing.

Source: Xinhua