Synagogue in Mainz by Manuel Herz

 

Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Prize for European architecture in 2011, the Mainz Synagogue by Manuel Herz represents the bold rebuilding of the Jewish community in Mainz, Germany. A Jewish presence has existed in Mainz for at least a millennium and produced many religious scholars, but over that period the community has been periodically eradicated and refounded.

The new synagogue and community center is the latest communal revival and is built on the site of the former synagogue. Unlike many synagogues designed in the post Holocaust era that try not to draw too much attention to themselves, the Mainz Synagogue offers an urban square in front of the main entrance.

See the project described in greater detail on Manuel Herz Architects' web site here.

Preston Scott Cohen Lecture to Open GSD Exhibit on Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The exhibition, entitled “Lightfall: The Tel Aviv Museum of Art” focuses on Preston Scott Cohen’s design for the Herta & Paul Amir Building at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The exhibition fills the main exhibition space in Gund Hall and will be inaugurated on Jan. 24th and run through March 4, 2012.

Please find more information about the exhibition here:

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/projects/lightfall-herta-paul-amir-building-tel-aviv-museum.html

Preceding the opening, at 6:30pm, Preston Scott Cohen will give a lecture, entitled “Museum as Genealogy,” followed by a discussion with former New York Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff. The lecture will be given in Piper Auditorium at Gund Hall.

Please find more information about the lecture here:

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/p-scott-cohen-and-nicolai-ouroussoff.html

The event is free and open to the public.

New Tel Aviv Museum by GSD Prof Preston Scott Cohen

Full Story from Metropolis magazine:
www.metropolismag.com/story/20110909/museum-geometry