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Ulm Synagogue - Kister Scheithauer Gross Architects
Ulm Synagogue - Kister Scheithauer Gross Architects
Weinhof, Ulm, Germany
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Ulm Synagogue - Kister Scheithauer Gross Architects
Weinhof, Ulm, Germany
Architect: Kister Scheithauer Gross Photography: Yohan ZerdounIn 2009, the Israelite Religious Community in Wuerttemberg (IRGW) decided to build a new synagogue for its orthodox community in Ulm and, together with the city of Ulm, initiated a competition. The city placed the building site in the middle of the Weinhof, just a stone?s throw from the former synagogue, which was destroyed during Kristallnacht.In the completed build, the cuboid is lower and shorter than initially planned during the competition. It is now 24 meters wide, 16 deep and at 17 meters high, much lower than the nearby Schw�rhaus.All the spaces of the community centre and the synagogue are joined in the smooth structure: foyer, synagogue, Mikvah (ritual bath), meeting hall, school and administrative rooms as well as the child day care centre with an enclosed outdoor playing area, which is directly above the sacral room.The rooms are arranged orthogonally. Only the synagogue follows the line of the only, free-standing support in the building, in a diagonal direction. The direction facing south-east has an overlying religious meaning behind it: its geographical direction is directly towards Jerusalem, the spiritual and religious centre of Judaism.The diagonal room layout creates a corner window in the sacral room, which plays with a pattern of the Star of David as a space framework. With 600 openings, the synagogue is illuminated from many points, with the focal point being the liturgical centrepiece; the Torah shrine. The perforations in the fa�ade created with a high-pressure water jet, illuminate the shrine inside and project the idea of the synagogue outwards.The interior fittings of the synagogue are partially based on ksg plans, such as the dodecagon holder, a symbol for the twelve lines of the people of Israel. Rabbi Shneur Trebnik, together with the IRGW representatives, selected the seating and ordered the construction of the Torah shrine, including the bimah, a raised platform with a lectern, from which the Torah is dictated. All three elements were constructed in Israel.The prayer room offers space for 125 people, including 40 spaces in the women?s gallery. The building was full to capacity during the opening on Sunday, December 2nd 2012. The 300 invited guests included former Jewish citizens of Ulm, who fled during World War II. Speeches were held by Federal President of Germany Joachim Gauck, Prime Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg Winfried Kretschmann, the President of Central Council of Jews in Germany Dieter Graumann and Israel?s ambassador to Germany Yacov Hadas-Handelsman.
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