New Russian-Jewish Museum of Tolerance / Graft Architects
The committee for the Russian-Jewish Museum of Tolerance finalized the German-based Graft Architects‘ design for the new museum. Grafts’ renovation and expansion of the 1927 Konstantin Melnikov’s bus depot will transform the space into the world’s largest Jewish museum.
More about the project after the break.
The existing Jewish community center in Moscow contains several Jewish institutions, such as a yeshiva and a university, yet the addition of Grafts’ museum will be the final piece in completing this cultural space. The museum, which will include a library, a center for Judaic studies and conference rooms, will commemorate Russian-Jewish history and include galleries of Jewish art.
Graft Architects will preserve the landmark garage building while making the interior compatible for contemporary museum expositions. The exterior of the structure will remain untouched, making it a visible monument of Russian heritage, yet the building will be enlarged with the addition of underground floors covering 15,000 square meters. The new interior will include undulating floors and surfaces that create an organic landscape. This dynamic interior offers a highly versatile setting for various events and enhances the original shell of the building. The renovation and expansion is a perfect blend of history mixing with the present.
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It’s too strange to be beautiful.The roof construction is from one fairytale, the floor from another.Combination of factory ceiling and melting ice cream floor.
It’s very strange, because there is very popular modern gallery now in this depo…
I like the idea and forms of the space, but the slippery white material is disturbing to me. It looks like it is molded from styrofoam and I could imagine walking around the space during january when everyone is tracking in melting snow and ice from their boots, mixed with the dirt from the moscow streets……ewwwww
пусть так…
Cream + Red = depressing
This is amazing how sionist, right wing community invades spaces in russia . It is obvious that big capital has a rule over the city and its citizens, the local government is a mere marionete in this show.
You think politicians, and those who sponsor this project, care about ‘tolerance’? This’ projects’ colours are reminiscent of the soviet posters and triggers some unhealthy feelings. Superficial in many ways.
ofcoarse they dont, but what they care is a real estate property and ofcoarse if the museum will be done in this building the millions of investment will automaticly mean the unregulated rights on the building for the developers, if ofcoarse it still remains in the public domain.
furthermore the existence of another (among many others) jewish tolerance museum in moscow already offers the ground for the political speculation. Tolerance doesnt need shiny museums, but open minded people and society which can only be achieved through education and cultural advancement.
shouldn’t this be an architectural debate?
Anyone thinking about a palestinian memorial? Maybe the Jewish are…
I don’t think the issue was needed and the space could be used as a public space, art gallery and etc
There is no need for a olerance museum, nor in Moscow neither in Jerusalem (Frank Gery)It’s some unreconaisance of reality.
About arab-palestinian sites I recomend http://www.zochrot.org/
and there are some places that record and remember the NAQB’A
not everything as to be paralel to be important
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