Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Libeskind building alone.

Conceptual building consisting  of zinc walls and a zigzag shape. It is pierced by voids symbolic of the cultural loss caused by the Holocaust. The memorial spaces inside follow the Axis of Evil to a disorienting slanted garden with 49 pillars. The Axis of Holocaust is an empty tower shut off from the outside world. Another stairway leads to the "Memory Void," a space of "fallen leaves" consisting of heavy metal faces, which when walked on, make unhuman noises with each step.