A monument is meant to pay tribute to an event, a person or a place. It must therefore endure not only physically, but also in its expression: it cannot peel, fade or lose its shape. Concrete, if properly designed, manufactured and surface-treated, meets these requirements better than most other materials. It is more durable than wood, more resistant to climatic influences than metal and more free-form than stone. At KLOCOK, we have been producing custom-made concrete monuments since 1998, for municipalities, cities, parishes, church entities and private investors.
We approach memorial projects differently than we do regular construction projects. Before starting production, we always consult the intention, location, and architectural solution. We want to understand what the monument is supposed to communicate: who or what it commemorates, what the monument should relate to its surroundings, and how it should affect the visitor. Only after this understanding do we propose a specific technical solution.
Types of concrete monuments we produce
Concrete memorial walls are free-standing prefabricated structures, usually vertical in nature, carrying text, relief or symbol. The wall can be single or multi-element, simple or complex in shape. For inscriptions and symbols, we use relief design, the text is part of the cast concrete, not an additionally nailed board.
Concrete memorial plaques are suitable for marking historic buildings, memorial sites, or for commemorative information boards in cemeteries.
Stations of the Cross are a special category of concrete memorial elements for religious sites. We have implemented concrete stations for the cemetery in Osikov in the form of fence elements and a concrete chapel in Mariánská hora.
Artistic and architectural concrete objects
Some of our most interesting commissions in this category were art objects for public spaces.
For these projects, we collaborate with artists and architects who provide the artistic intent and we transform it into a real concrete object. Our role is both technical and artisanal: to design the mold, cast the concrete, work the surface and ensure that the result matches the artist's artistic intent.
References of concrete monuments KLOCOK
Concrete monuments from the company KLOCOK stand in villages and towns all over Slovakia: the Víchrice monument, the Jozef Murgaš monument, the Stations of the Cross at the Osikov cemetery, sacral objects near parishes and churches. The monument to the failed wedding in Prešov is also a wonderful project. Each project was different: a different intention, a different location, a different technical solution.
Contact us for a consultation about your project. Together we will create a solution that will fulfill your ideas and expectations.