Ukraine unveils pop-up book synagogue at site of Holocaust massacre
The Swiss-designed building is operated by a hand winch and has a painted ceiling of stars that echoes the sky on the night of the atrocity
14 May 2021 • 4:40pm
The collapsible synagogue, designed to look like a pop-up book, is operated via a hand winch
Credit: GLEB GARANICH /REUTERS
Ukraine unveiled a synagogue built of wood and designed to unfold like a pop-up book on Friday, commemorating the victims of one of the single biggest massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust.
The colourful new synagogue is part of a memorial project for the victims of the Babyn Yar massacre that marked the start of the Holocaust in occupied Soviet Ukraine, in which a pre-war Jewish population of about 1.5 million was virtually wiped out.
Na mieste nacistického masakru v Ukrajine otvorili novú synagógu
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Ukrajinské úrady otvorili novú synagógu: Nachádza sa na mieste nacistického masakru
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Manuel Herz’s Tambacounda Hospital in Senegal is rooted in community
Manuel Herz’s Tambacounda Hospital in Senegal is rooted in community
A brick extension to the Tambacounda hospital in Senegal by Switzerland-based architect Manuel Herz is a true project of collaboration, rooted to the local community
All images courtesy of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation and Le Korsa
This new extension to the Tambacounda hospital in Senegal is ostensibly by the Switzerland-based architect Manuel Herz. Yet such is the depth of the building’s roots in the local community – from labour to process to the functions of the building – that it can only really be called a collaboration. That said, the project is a natural continuation of the 52-year-old architect’s career to date.
Ukraine’s moving Babyn Yar Synagogue by Manuel Herz
Ukraine’s moving Babyn Yar Synagogue by Manuel Herz
Swiss-based architect Manuel Herz designs the new Babyn Yar Synagogue in Ukraine as part of the local Holocaust Memorial Foundation initiative. Opening like a book, the building is at once poignant and engaging
The new Babyn Yar Synagogue has just been inaugurated in Ukraine. Designed by Switzerland-based architect Manuel Herz and part of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Foundation initiative, this innovative and powerful building not only serves as a temple, helping to re-establish the current, local Jewish community, but also acts as a reminder of the site’s history. Herz drew on both elements for his design and created a striking, moveable structure that references the notion of a book – a central feature in the Jewish religious service.