MOSHE SAFDIE:
MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE 1971 - 1998
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, Between Memory and Identity
PROJECTS
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Children's Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem |
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"My initial visit [at Yad Vashem] was an experience of profound shock, […]. On subsequent visits I have always had to bring someone with me. One becomes a standing witness to the other person's initiation to horror." Moshe Safdie, Jerusalem: The Future of the Past (Montreal: Optimum, 1984), p. 195. |
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Client: Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority, Jerusalem |
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Architects : Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects |
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Lighting : Moshe Safdie, Colin Low |
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Area : 400 sq. m. underground; 3,500 sq. m. amphitheater and gardern |
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Materials : rock, stone, concrete, semi-reflective mirror panels, a burning candle, cypress trees |
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Cost : $1.600 million |
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Time of construction : 1976-1987 |