Writer: Drew Smith
Over the independent study trip, I was able to visit Berlin for a few days. While I was there, I had the opportunity to visit the Jewish Museum design by Daniel Libeskind. If you're not familiar with it, it's one of most famous architectural projects in Berlin and Europe.
Designed a museum that providing an emotional experience through the architecture to express the history of the Jewish people in Berlin before, during, and after the Holocaust. There are a serious of 5 voids through out the building, used to represent the erasure of the Jewish people and their contributions throughout Berlin's history.
Designed a museum that providing an emotional experience through the architecture to express the history of the Jewish people in Berlin before, during, and after the Holocaust. There are a serious of 5 voids through out the building, used to represent the erasure of the Jewish people and their contributions throughout Berlin's history.
The most famous of the voids, is the one with the art installation called Fallen Leaves. You walk on the screaming faces to a dead end from where you turn around and go back into the museum.
Here is the Garden of Exile, it is composed of 49 masses filled with earth and plants. The masses are angled slightly, giving you a strange, unwelcoming feeling as you circulate through the garden.
It was definitely an amazing experience to be able to experience this project in real life after learning about it in class. It was great to see how architecture can speak volumes about the history of a city.
It was definitely an amazing experience to be able to experience this project in real life after learning about it in class. It was great to see how architecture can speak volumes about the history of a city.