MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE VISITORS CENTER

POSTED ON: 05.09.2001

The Visitors Center for the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust functions as a link between the museum's main building and the surrounding waterfront park space.

The design challenges of this project were to complete the design and construction of a small public building within three months to coincide with the Museum opening and to devise a piece of architecture that could withstand the exposure of the site.

POSTED ON: 05.15.1999

POSTED ON: 11.08.2002

The structure was designed to lower energy cost and creates a better microclimate by sheltering a windswept plaza. The issues of security had only become apparent with the World Trade Center bombing and a separate facility was needed in order to open the museum.

The program called for office space, parcel check, ticket sales and security screening, resulting in a footprint of about 1,300 square feet. The completed design is comprised of two trapezoidal boxes that pivot from the pavilion's east side. The absence of horizontal roof lines makes the building appear to change form as one circles it. It becomes a visual puzzle among buildings with more simple geometries.

NEWS:

The Museum of Jewish Heritage Visitors Center is mentioned in New York 2000 by Robert A. M. Stern.

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POSTED ON: 11.01.2006

NEWS:

The Museum of Jewish Heritage Visitors Center is featured in The New Yorker.

Of the project, Paul Goldberger in "The Little Pavillion That Could" says:

"The building in question is one of Battery Park City's most admired, if tiniest, gems. The little glass pavilion wasn't in most guidebooks, but in time it became the part of the museum complex that architects, especially younger ones talked about. In a city with few strong modern public buildings, it was a kind of minor underground icon".

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POSTED ON: 01.22.2002

NEWS:

The Museum of Jewish Heritage Visitors Center is featured in L'Arca in the article "Un piccolo grand segno: Museum of Jewish Heritage Visitors Center."