»Das Synagogen-Projekt« (The Synagogue Project): Exhibitions and Book Launch in Berlin and Weimar
Two events taking place in Berlin and Weimar will focus on »Das Synagogen-Projekt« (The Synagogue Project). Architecture students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the Technical University of Darmstadt, the Technische Universität Dresden and the HafenCity Universität Hamburg have developed designs for the reconstruction of synagogues as part of this project. The foundation for this project was the reconstruction of the Fraenkelufer Synagogue in Berlin and the Joseph-Carlebach-Platz Synagogue in Hamburg, as well as the Jewish temple on Poolstraße in Hamburg.
»Over 140 students used architectural design tools to find a structural expression for future Jewish life in Germany«, said Prof. Jörg Springer, professor of Design and Complex Theory of Buildings at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and co-editor of the publication. »The goal of »Das Synagogen-Projekt« (The Synagogue Project) is to make a tangible contribution to the current intensive debate surrounding reconstructing synagogues destroyed in Germany in the 1930s and the associated visibility of Jewish life in major German cities.«
A selection of outstanding student designs will be exhibited in the Berlin House of Representatives. The Weimar exhibition focuses on the publication on »Das Synagogen-Projekt« (The Synagogue Project). In addition to illustrations of selected works, representatives from the Jewish community as well as Hamburg’s Chief Planning Director Franz-Josef Höing will be explaining their perspectives on the past and future of the synagogues in both cities through individual interviews and the book launch. Together with Mirjam Wenzel, Director of the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt, Salomon Korn, former Vice-President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Rabbi Edward van Voolen and Swiss architect Roger Diener will be among those discussing the history and significance of synagogues in German cities as sites of religious and cultural Jewish life.
»Das Synagogen-Projekt« (The Synagogue Project)
Exhibition and Book Launch in Berlin
Opening Event: Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 5 pm
Berlin House of Representatives, Niederkirchnerstraße 5, 10117 Berlin
Pre-registration is required and can be done via e-mail to: oeffentlichkeitsarbeit[at]parlament-berlin.de
Exhibition Opening Hours: 7 November to 2 December 2022
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Free admission
»Das Synagogen-Projekt« (The Synagogue Project)
Book Launch with Accompanying Exhibition in Weimar
Mittwoch, 9 November 2022, 6 pm
M BOOKS Buchhandlung und Galerie für Architektur und benachbarte Disziplinen, Marktstraße 16, 99423 Weimar
Exhibition Opening Hours: 10 November to 12 November 2022
Thursday to Saturday, 12 am to 6 pm
Free admission
Publication Information
Das Synagogen-Projekt. Zum Wiederaufbau von Synagogen in Deutschland
Editor: Jörg Springer und Manuel Aust
1st Edition, 2022, Publisher: Park Books
Text: German and English
Approx. 232 Pages, 350 Colour Illustrations and 30 Black and White Illustrations
ISBN 978-3-03860-300-9
Additional information on the project can be found under: www.synagogen-projekt.de