The building was build between 1993 to 1998. Leibskind designed the building to be connected to the old building by an underground passage way. The is a great symbol of how jews had to get from place to place by being secretive and they were always trying to hide from the army who were out to kill them. Leibskind designed a stair way from the basement to the third floor. The only large free space in the building. The entire space goes upward. “After compressing the space, the architect expands it. The sequence is classic. The effect is guaranteed but Leibskind only freed space in one direction. Upwards. The staircase is no wider than the underground passage. Contained between two walls that the great concrete beams stabilizing the structure seem to have great difficulty in holding apart.” (Film 19) This part of the museum underlines the meaning of how it was a struggled life the Jews lived but them was a path that would return them to a positive
The building was build between 1993 to 1998. Leibskind designed the building to be connected to the old building by an underground passage way. The is a great symbol of how jews had to get from place to place by being secretive and they were always trying to hide from the army who were out to kill them. Leibskind designed a stair way from the basement to the third floor. The only large free space in the building. The entire space goes upward. “After compressing the space, the architect expands it. The sequence is classic. The effect is guaranteed but Leibskind only freed space in one direction. Upwards. The staircase is no wider than the underground passage. Contained between two walls that the great concrete beams stabilizing the structure seem to have great difficulty in holding apart.” (Film 19) This part of the museum underlines the meaning of how it was a struggled life the Jews lived but them was a path that would return them to a positive