Olson Kundig Wins Jewish Museum Berlin Competition
Alan Maskin, owner/principal of architecture firm Olson Kundig, has won first prize in the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation’s competition for a new Kindermuseum.
Seattle-based architecture firm Olson Kundig is pleased to announce that owner/principal Alan Maskin has won first prize in the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation’s competition for a new Kindermuseum. Launched at the beginning of this year, the two-stage international design competition culminated with an exhibition of models of the entries at the altbau of the Jewish Museum Berlin.
The jury ultimately selected Maskin’s design for the permanent exhibition architecture, a multivalent representation of Noah’s Ark. Noting that the biblical parable that remains as relevant as ever, the jury praised the winning entry, which “playfully picks up on topical and relevant themes such as diversity, migration, creation, second chances, and new beginnings.”
The exceptionally contemporary design is nestled within a 1960s-era structure which has housed the institution’s W. Michael Blumenthal Academy since 2012. Known as the Eric F. Ross Building, the former wholesale flower market hall was Daniel Libeskind’s second project for the Jewish Museum Berlin, following his iconic design for the main museum, which opened in 2001. The new Kindermuseum is scheduled to open in 2019.
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