5757 x 3836 px | 48,7 x 32,5 cm | 19,2 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
5. Juni 2013
Ort:
Jewish Museum, Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin), Germany
Weitere Informationen:
The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) is one of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe. In two buildings, one of which is a new addition specifically built for the museum by architect Daniel Libeskind, The Museum itself, consisting of about 161, 000 square feet (15, 000 square meters), is a twisted zig-zag and is accessible only via an underground passage from the Berlin Museum's baroque wing. Its shape is reminiscent of a warped Star of David.[6] A "Void, " an empty space about 66 feet (20 m) tall, slices linearly through the entire building. An irregular matrix of windows cuts in all orientations across the building's facade. A thin layer of zinc coats the building's exterior, which will oxidize and turn bluish as it weathers. In 1988, the Berlin government announced an anonymous competition for the new museum’s design. A year later, Daniel Libeskind's design was chosen by the committee 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'. Construction on the new extension to the Berlin Museum began in November 1992.[3] The empty museum was completed in 1999 and attracted over 350, 000 people before it was filled and opened on September 9, 2001. An underground tunnel connects the Museum proper to the E.T.A. Hoffmann Garden, or The Garden of Exile, whose foundation is tilted. The Garden's oleaster grows out of reach, atop 49 tall pillars.
