A Great Piece of Architecture
Situated through Mt. Herzel, just below the Israeli military cemetery, stands Moshe Safdie's Yad Vashem museum encapsulates (for me) what great architecture is all about; form, function, and connection. Form relates the the use and adaptation of shapes (in this case, a triangular prism) that bows out to represent the uncertainty of the future and looking forward to what is to come. as it is a museum the architect has cleverly designed a 'zigzaging' path through the prism and the surrounding underground galleries, thus breaking up the space into differing rooms that relate to a timeline of holocaust related events. Lastly, Safdie has cleverly connected the museum directly to the people and the event that it represents as shown above.
Situated through Mt. Herzel, just below the Israeli military cemetery, stands Moshe Safdie's Yad Vashem museum encapsulates (for me) what great architecture is all about; form, function, and connection. Form relates the the use and adaptation of shapes (in this case, a triangular prism) that bows out to represent the uncertainty of the future and looking forward to what is to come. as it is a museum the architect has cleverly designed a 'zigzaging' path through the prism and the surrounding underground galleries, thus breaking up the space into differing rooms that relate to a timeline of holocaust related events. Lastly, Safdie has cleverly connected the museum directly to the people and the event that it represents as shown above.
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