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1946 Libeskind was born in “LODZ,POLAND” on May 12, 1946,

the year after World War II (1939–45) ended. Libeskind's
parents, Jews living under the dangerous regime of Nazi
Germany, had separately fled Poland when the war began.

1957 When Libeskind was eleven, he and his family

immigrated to Israel.

1959 He won an America-Israel Cultural Foundation

scholarship, which enabled the family to move to the
United States.

1965 He chose to study architecture, enrolling at the

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science
and Art.
1968 Work as an apprentice to Richard Meier.

1970 Receives professional architectural degree from the Cooper

Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

1972 Receives postgraduate degree in the history & theory of

architecture from the School of Comparative studies at Essex
University.

He stay longest Cranbrook Academy of Art. He did most of his

1977 1985
theoretical drawings and work.
1985

1979 1983
 DECONSTRUCTIVISM

1967 “When we deconstruct anything, we simply do not destroy, dissolve or cancel the legitimacy of what
we will be constructing” - “JACQUES DERRIDA”

Deconstructivism attempts to move away from the supposedly constricting 'rules' of modernism
such as

“ LOUIS SULLIVAN” - “ FORM FOLLOW FUNCTION ”

“ MIES VAN DER ROHE ” - “ UNIVERSAL SPACE ”
“LE CORBUSIER ” - “ PURITY OF FORM ”
1980
EVERY BUILDINGS EVERY CITY SHOULD HAVE A STORY - “ DANIEL LIBESKIND”

BUILDINGS WAS AS A STORY AND

EMOTION,BUILDINGS SAYS SOMETHING
AND THEY ALSO HELLING POWER.
WORLD IS NOT STRAIGHT
WORLD IS NOT COMFORTING
WORLD IS DISTURBING ”
 DECONSTRUCTIVISM(•Angular)
KURDISTAN MUSEUM
Fragmentation Lines: Almost Straight Non-parallel
Corners: Acute angles
manipulating
Appearance of Original Basic
Transform Volumes: Disappear.Articulation: through
relation between Masses.
recombine Openings: Mainly by Subtraction .
ARCHITECTURE IS AN ART
“TWO DANGERS CONSTANTLY THREATEN THE WORLD: ORDER & DISORDER” BY PAUL VALERY

CREATE BETTER LIFE

DENVER MUSEUM
CREATE SPACE

CREATE SOME MEMORIES

CREATE SOME INTERESTING

CREATE SOME EXPERIENCE

HOLDING POWER PLAN

FREEDOM

SECTION
 WORDS OF ARCHITECTURAL INSPIRATION
UNEXPECTED RISKEY
MEMORABLE
OPTIMISE
RAW
SPACE
REAL
POLITICAL
EMOTIONAL
RADICAL
EXPRESSIVE
DEMOCRATIC
HAND
COMMUNICATIVE
POINTED
COMPLEX
INEXPHICABLE
 BETWEEN THE LINES
1989 Wins the jewish Museum Berlin competition

1999 Jewish Museum Berlin open

The architect claims that the building’s

footprint was created through the slicing and
fragmentation of the star of david overlaid on
the plan of berlin. STRETCHING CUTTING

The form of the building also relates too

the surrounding site and its relationship to
the streets that bind the exterior ground.

That allowing the form to twist and fold

back on itself in plan.
ROTATE SQUEEZE DISTORT AND FOLD
Micromegas
Micromegas
Chamberworks
Chamberworks
Theatrum Mundi
Theatrum Mundi
 PROJECTS OF DANIEL LIBESKIND

Jewish Museum Berlin Building Size

Berlin, Germany 166,840 sq.ft

The museum presents a journey to the visitors, with an intersection of 3 axis telling jews-german story.

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Jewish Museum Berlin Building Size
Berlin, Germany 166,840 sq.ft

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World Trade Center Master Plan Building Size
New York, New York, USA 16 Acres

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Extension to the Denver Art Museum, Frederic C. Hamilton Building Building Size
Denver, Colorado, USA 146,000 sq.ft

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18.36.54 Building Size
Connecticut, USA 2,000 sq.ft

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Centre De Congrès à Mons Building Size
Mons, Belgium 12,500 sq.m

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Military History Museum Building Size
Dresden, Germany 14,000 sq.m

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Imperial War Museum North Building Size
Manchester, United Kingdom 69,965 sq.ft

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Royal Ontario Museum Building Size
Toronto, Canada 182,000 sq.ft

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Kurdistan Museum Building Size
Erbil, Iraq 150,000 sq.ft

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National Holocaust Monument Building Size
Ottawa, Canada 34,500 sq.ft

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