STRAIGHT BROKEN LINE
TORTUROUS ZIGZAGGING LINE
PLAN VIEW - VOIDS ARE FORMED ON THE MAIN STUCTURE
INTRODUCTIONARCHITECT: DANIEL LIBESKINDLOCATION: LINDENSTRABE BERLIN , GERMANYCONSTRUCTED YEAR: 1992-1999CONSTRUCTED AREA: 15000 SQMHEIGHT: 35MSTYLE: CONTEMPORARYSTYLE: CONTEMPORARY
SPATIAL TYPOLOGY: LINEAR
HISTORY DESIGNED AS PART OF A COMPETITION FORDESIGNED AS PART OF A COMPETITION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE BERLIN MUSEUM WITH A JEWISH MUSEUM DEPARTMENT. THE DESIGN DOCUMENTS THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORY AND SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATES THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF THE HOLOCAUST INTO THE CONCIOUSNESSAND MEMORY OF THE CITY OF BERLINAND MEMORY OF THE CITY OF BERLIN
TWO LINES OVERLAP TO FORM THE MUSEUM. THE ZIGZAGGING TORTUROUS LINE FORMS THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE STAIGHT BROKEN LINE CONTINUING INDEFINITELY FORM VOIDS THAT SYMBOLISE THE CONTINUOUS SUFFERING FACED BY THE JEWISH PEOPLE
AXIS OF DEATHAXIS OF EXILE
AXIS OF CONTINUITY
HOLOCAUST TOWER
GARDEN OF EXILE
MAIN STRUCTURE
THE MUSEUM PRESENTS A JOURNEY TO THE VISITORS, WITH AN INTERSECTION OF 3 XES THAT EMBODY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORY
POETIC JOURNEYTHE 3 AXES
THE LONGEST AXIS LEADS TO THE MUSEUM’S GALLERY AND REPRESENTS THE CONTINUATION OF BERLIN’S HISTORY
LEADS TO THE HOLOCAUST TOWER AND IS A DEAD END
LEADS TO THE GARDEN OF EXILE
IN THE GARDEN OF EXILE VISITORS
ARE SURROUNDED BY STONE
PILLARS THAT TOWER OVERHEAD
EVOKING THE FEAR FELT BY THE
JEWISH VICTIMS OF HOLOCAUST
SITE PLAN
AXIS OF CONTINUITYSPATIAL POETICS
AXIS OF EXILE
IRON MASK PLATES PLACED IN ONE OF
THE VOIDS REPRESENT HOLOCAUST
VICTIMS CRYING IN ANGUISH
BARE CONCRETE HOLOCAUST
TOWER WITHOUT HEATING
OR COOLING. EMBODIES THE
SORROW AND
HOPELESSNESS OF DEATH
AXIS OF DEATH
VISITORS FEEL ENTRAPPED
IN THE HEAVY ATMOSPHERE
CREATED BY THE CONFINING
WALLS AND SINGLE
APERTURE ALLOWING
MINIMAL LIGHT TO ENTER
THE CONTINUOUS AXIS GIVES A SENSE OF HOPE FOR THE FUTUREOF BERLIN’S HISTORY
JEWISH MUSEUM, BERLIN
BETWEEN THE LINES
THE VOIDS EMBODY THE PAIN AND SUFFERING UNDOCUMENTED IN
HISTORY THAT MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN
DISTORTION
SORROW
TRAPPED
THE LIGHTNING-BOLT ZIGZAG DESIGN OF THE ENTIRE STRUCTRE IS DERIVED FROM A DISLOCATED STAR OF DAVID THAT IS ONLY VISIBLE FROM ABOVE. “ONLY SEEN BY AN ANGLE” AND IS ANINTERPRETATION OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM BY THE ARCHITECT
INSTABILITY
PERSECUTION
THE PILLARS IN THE GARDEN OF EXILE ARE
TILTED AT 12 DEGREES TO EXPRESS THE
INSTABILITY OF THE JEWISH WHO STOOD
AGAINST THE GERMANS
DESIGN CONCEPTSSTAR OF DAVID
VOIDS
THE COLD ZINC METAL
EXTERIOR IS DISTORTED BY
DEEP GAUGES THAT REPRESENT
THE SCARS AND PAIN FELT BY
THE JEWISH PEOPLE
Top Related