Executed by Mendes Júnior, the Latin America Memorial is a complex with various buildings along two areas connected by a walkway. In all, there are 25,201 m² of constructed area, including the Hall of Acts, Latin American Library, Research Center, Marta Traba Gallery, Creativity Pavilion, Simon Bolivar Auditorium, Congressmen Annex and Latin American Parliament building. In the Civic Plaza is a concrete sculpture designed by Oscar Niemeyer, representing an open hand in a vertical position with a map of Latin America painted in red on the palm.