Brno
International competition 2022 / 1st place
Nadační fond pro zbudování a provozování Dokumentačního centra holokaustu na Moravě (Endowment Fund for the Construction of the Holocaust Documentation Centre in Moravia), Martin Reiner
Kengo Kuma and Associates (JAP) / Paris Office, AED Projekt, L&SCAPE
architectural and urban design competition for a new museum building, Brno
fire safety: AMPeng; structural engineering: Němec Polák; cost management: Martin Hvězda; acoustics: AVETON; advisory and sustainable development: Grinity; technical installations: Stantec; traffic engineering: European Transportation Consultancy; external consultant: David Korecký
MEHRIN
The landscape design responds to the distinct character of the South Moravian landscape. Our aim was to create a lively public space in the city centre that is both culturally and socially inclusive. It welcomes museum visitors as well as city residents passing through or stopping for a coffee.
At the heart of the design lies the museum’s atrium, a calm counterpoint to the pulsating city around. Conceived as an outdoor extension of the library, it invites visitors to sit in the shade of an oak tree (Quercus cerris) – a long-lived tree that symbolically links the past and the future. The paving, organised in a deliberately irregular pattern within the greenery, evokes the many different paths along which Jewish inhabitants departed or were forced to depart. The water element again plays on the theme of the (golden) circle. At the entrance level, the design establishes two distinct types of space. At the back, by the cafe, a quiet park area will be connected to the adjoining park in the future. The front area connects to a renovation project in Benešova street, enabling active circulation of pedestrians. Both spaces are dominated by black pines (Pinus nigra spp. pallasiana), a link between South Moravia and the Middle East. The roofscape also incorporates a symbolic ring, planted with native species of herbs and grasses.
MEHRIN
The landscape design responds to the distinct character of the South Moravian landscape. Our aim was to create a lively public space in the city centre that is both culturally and socially inclusive. It welcomes museum visitors as well as city residents passing through or stopping for a coffee.
At the heart of the design lies the museum’s atrium, a calm counterpoint to the pulsating city around. Conceived as an outdoor extension of the library, it invites visitors to sit in the shade of an oak tree (Quercus cerris) – a long-lived tree that symbolically links the past and the future. The paving, organised in a deliberately irregular pattern within the greenery, evokes the many different paths along which Jewish inhabitants departed or were forced to depart. The water element again plays on the theme of the (golden) circle. At the entrance level, the design establishes two distinct types of space. At the back, by the cafe, a quiet park area will be connected to the adjoining park in the future. The front area connects to a renovation project in Benešova street, enabling active circulation of pedestrians. Both spaces are dominated by black pines (Pinus nigra spp. pallasiana), a link between South Moravia and the Middle East. The roofscape also incorporates a symbolic ring, planted with native species of herbs and grasses.
