Holocaust Memorial, Peter Eisenman Berlin, German Monument Design Photo, Project Image

Holocaust Memorial Berlin

Design by Peter Eisenman in central Berlin, Germany: Information + Images

5 Sep 2009

Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany

Holocaust Memorial, Cora-Berliner-Straße, Friedrichstadt, Mitte
Date built: 2003-04
Design: Peter Eisenman architect, with Buro Happold engineers

Formal title: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

photos © Adrian Welch

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: Holocaust-Mahnmal), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold.

It consists of a 19,000 m2 (4.7-acre) site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs or “stelae”, arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. The stelae are 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in) long, 0.95 m (3 ft 1 in) wide and vary in height from 0.2 to 4.7 m (7.9 in to 15 ft 5.0 in). They are organized in rows, 54 of them going north–south, and 87 heading east–west at right angles but set slightly askew.
source: wikipedia

Location: Cora-Berliner-Strasse, Berlin, Germany