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