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The symbolic wooden synagogue "A place of reflection" Babi Yar 14.05.2021

Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has created a pop-up synagogue at Babi Yar in Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of a massacre that took place during the Holocaust. Instead of creating a monumental building, Herz designed a structure that has movement and was inspired by both historic wooden synagogues in Ukraine and pop-up books. The building consists of a pair of 11-metre-high and eight-meter wide walls that were constructed from steel and clad in oak. One of the walls is set on a track so that it can be moved using a manual winch. When folded the two walls are positioned together, but when unfolded a three-dimensional synagogue is created with a roof that pops up and a balcony and seating that folds down. The synagogue stands on a wooden platform and has walls decorated with prayers and blessings. Its ceiling is painted with the star constellation that would have been visible over Kyiv, on the date of the massacre in 1941 along with symbols and iconography referencing interiors of the historic wooden synagogues of Ukraine from the 17th and 18th century. Herz said: "I believe no one can resist the temptation of opening up a pop-up book and seeing how a new world unfolds. We can get lost in this new world, which is exactly what happens, when we come together, to pray in a synagogue – we open a book together. A world of stories, of histories, of morals, and of wisdom." https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/23/pop... The opening ceremony of a symbolic wooden synagogue "A place of reflection" Babi Yar - short version THE FOUNDATION AND BABYN YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER https://babynyar.org/en/