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Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Poland
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Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Poland
YEAR
2013
SIZE
500,000 sqft - 1,000,000 sqft
An international architectural competition for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews was Organised in spring 2005. The first discussions Regarding the Plan to build a museum Such HAD taken up ten years Earlier. During Those years It Had Become That there is a clear need for a museum dedicated as public interest: towards Jewish history and culture HAD Increased. The selection of the participants of the architectural competition was based on expressions of interest.The finalists included 11 studios, Including Studio Daniel Libeskind, Kengo Kuma & Associates, Zvi Hecker Architects, Peter Eisenman and David Chipperfield. The proposal "Yum Suf", "Sea of Reeds" by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects was Declared winner in summer 2005 . The design process of the building up to July 2008 Continued When final design document Were released. The building commenced in July 2009. The building is scheduled to be completed by May of 2013. The museum Will function as a multifunctional center for the research and exhibition of Jewish heritage, education and culture. The permanent exhibition takes hand up under the main hall in a wide exhibition space of 5000 m2. Special built-in Milieus Will present the different aspects of the history of the Polish Jews. The main task of the exhibition is to present different phases and forms of Jewish culture, starting from medieval times to present day - the holocaust is only one of the main themes of the exhibition. Warsaw has-been one of the major cities for MOST Jews, before the Second World War There Were half a million Jewish Inhabitants in the city. The website of the new museum is located in the Willy Brandt Park, one kilometer from the old city center of Warsaw, All which was rebuilt Effective the war. The history of the park is tragic as it was from the Jewish ghetto of falling on the war. Adjacent to the new museum is the memorial of the uprising in the Jewish ghetto. The memorial has-been major element in the architecture of the museum annually. The proportions of the plaza in front of the memorial and the museum Have Been Carefully Considered. The shape of the museum building is rectangular. The facades Will Be covered with glass and copper panels. The name of the competition proposal symbolically Refers to the architecture of the main hall. The inspiration for the space has-beens the legends of the Old Testament, altho at the same time forms of the hall Refer to the universal and abstract phenomena of nature. The main hall is the MOST significant element in the architecture of the building, a pure and silent space Introducing the museum to the visitors. Will The Core Exhibition open to the public end 2013/beginning of 2014.
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