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nieuwe kerkstraat // amsterdam plantage

one day in the summer i was walking around amsterdam and on my way to the botanical gardens i spotted this art in architecture on an otherwise unspectacular building. the mosaics of waterfowl scenes decorate the entrance areas and really enhance them.

im sommer durchstreifte ich an einem tag amsterdam und auf dem weg zu den botanischen gärten entdeckte ich an einem ansonsten vollkommen unspektakulären gebäude diese kunst am bau. die mosaike mit wasservogelszenen schmücken die eingangsbereiche und werten diese sehr auf.

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Studio Libeskind completes angular Holocaust memorial in Amsterdam

A labyrinth of brick walls and angular mirrors define the Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names, which Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind's studio has completed in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Located on Weesperstraat street close to the Jewish Cultural Quarter, the memorial was realised by Studio Libeskind with local studio Rijnboutt to commemorate 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.

Studio Libeskind has completed the Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names

The victims, who were largely Jews, Sinti and Roma people, were killed by the Nazis during the second world war and have no known graves.

To honour each of these victims individually, the walls of the memorial are constructed from 102,000 bricks that are inscribed with the names of the victims – giving the project its title.

Alongside these bricks, 1,000 extra bricks were left blank to memorialise those who remain unknown.

The bricks are inscribed with the names of Dutch Holocaust victims

The bricks are arranged in a series of two-metre-high walls across the site, which are crowned by four mirrored stainless steel volumes.

Studio Libeskind's arrangement of the brick walls gives rise to a dynamic labyrinth of passages across the site for visitors to explore.

A labyrinth of brick walls make up the memorial

The mirrored volumes were designed by Studio Libeskind to emulate four Hebrew letters, which form a word that translates as "in memory of" when viewed together from above.

They are also designed to appear as though they are floating above the walls, which the studio said represents "an interruption in the history and culture of the Dutch people".

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The combination of brick and stainless steel at the memorial is also symbolic.

"Brick, a ubiquitous building material in the Netherlands and cities of Western Europe, paired with the highly reflective and geometric forms of the steel letters reference the connection between Amsterdam's past and present," Studio Libeskind said.

The walls are crowned by mirrored volumes

Woven around the brick walls are crushed stones, trees and monolithic seating that complement the geometric angles of the memorial, while the border of the site is lined with hedges and bronze-coloured panels.

The Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names was commissioned by the Nederlands Auschwitz Comité and officially inaugurated on 19 September 2021.

The mirrors appear to hover above the walls

Studio Libeskind was founded by Libeskind with his partner Nina Libeskind in Berlin in 1989. Elsewhere, the studio has designed Holocaust memorials in the United States and Canada.

It has also designed several Jewish museums, including the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen and San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum. It is currently also designing one in Lisbon.

Bronze-coloured walls line the edges

Dezeen recently spoke to Libeskind as part of its 9/11 anniversary series to explain his experience of working on the Ground Zero masterplan.

The architect said that "everything changed in architecture" after the tragedy and that it "gave people a sense that architecture is important".

The photography is by Kees Hummel.

Project credits:

Architect: Studio Libeskind Team: Daniel Libeskind, Stefan Blach, Johan van Lierop and Alex Tahinos Architect of record: Rijnboutt General contractor: Koninklijke Woudenberg Project management: Paul Rohlfs Construction management: Aumento bv Construction: IMd Raadgevend Ingenieurs Brick manufacturer: Rodruza Masonry: Metselwerk Adviesbureau Vekemans Stainless steel: AIP partners BV, ABT Engravings: Reijnders Engraving and Laser Engineering B.V. Installations: Swart installatietechniek

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Model House 3D model

this is a real house in Holland. The new status of the Netherlands, as a center of modern architecture, was consecrated in 1955 when the Fourth Congress of the International Union of Architects was held in The Hague. This event and those that followed in the 1950s pushed professionals in this field to design architectural tours and write guides on their country. For example, at the 1955 Congress, participants received the Dutch-English Guide to Dutch Architecture by renowned architect Johannes Hendrik van den Broek, devoted to the contemporary architecture of the Netherlands, translated into Dutch. in 1959, which was very popular with the public. It is based on a chapter on architecture written by art historian Rudolf Meischke in the Gids voor Beeldende Kunst in Bouwkunst in Nederland by HE van Gelder published in 19547, a publication that also saw the day after another congress in 1952, the XVII International Congress of Art History. The Guide to Dutch Art, directed by Van den Broek, has a chapter on contemporary architecture, although of the thirty-one introductory pages, only seven are devoted to modern architecture. However, the reader is not confused because the book also contains a directory of about 750 buildings, along with basic but essential information such as the name of the designer, the year of construction and the address of the building. This last element, as obvious as it is, is essential for an architectural guide. While it is easy to find monuments as famous as churches or town halls, usually indicated on each city map, it is however much more difficult to identify social housing, residential buildings or industrial complexes. The attention given to Dutch architecture in the post-war period was also accompanied by increased interest in large-scale civil construction projects in order to combat the rising waters: they were given a tourist value with the reissue of two sharp travel guides. In 1956, the Excursiegids voor de promenade guide Noordoostpolder was published, devoted to the hydraulic, agronomic, urbanistic and socio-economic aspects of the Zuiderzee's works begun in 1919, in particular, the drying up of the Noordoostpolder. Download Model House 3D model on Flatpyramid now.     - #3D_Model #Buildings