JEWISH MUSEUM

BERLIN

BUILT IN 1993-1998

RAISED TO THE GROUND BY BOMBARDMENT

AND BATTEL BY THE NAZIS THE KVIBSBERG DISTRICT WAS REBUILT

IN THE 60s

WITH SOME REMAINS LIKE THE COLLIGEN HOUSE WHICH WAS THEN

THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND NOW THE OLD BERLIN MUSEUM

SOON AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEW BERLIN MUSEUM

WAS PUT FORWARD THROUGH A COMPETITION DEDICATED TO

JEWISH HISTORY

165 ARCHITECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPETITION

A year later, Daniel Libeskind's design was

chosen for the commission for what was then

planned as a “Jewish Department” for the

Berlin Museum.

While other entrants proposed cool, neutral

spaces, Libeskind offered a radical, zigzag

design, which earned the nickname 'Blitz

The empty museum was completed in 1999

and attracted over 350,000 people before it

was filled and opened on September 9, 2001.

THE DESIGN

BLITZ- LIGHTNING

TOTURED DISCREET FORM

TO SHOW ALL VOILENCE

RUPTURY IN HISTORY OF

JEWS AND GERMANY

THE BEAUTIFUL TREES

ALREDY EXISTING ON THE

SITE GAVE THE DIRECTION

OR THE ANGELS TO THE

BUILDING

ACCORDING TO THE

ARCHITECT

THE TREES WHICH ARE

SINCE THE WARS TOLD THE

HISTORY OF BERLIN

THE OLD AND THE NEW

PLAN OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM

VOID OF MEMORY

THERE ARE THREE

CORRIDORS ACCESS

SYSTEM

SYMMETRICALY

ARRANGED

SHOWING 3 MAJOR

EXPERIENCES IN

GERMAN JEWDAISUM

CONTINUITY,

EXILE AND DEATH

ASHTONISHING CUTS

THE EMPTY EXIBIT AND THE HOLOCAST

TOWER

BYRACHANA KANDARIT.Y.B.ARCHB.V.C.O.A