2022, Jewish Museum. Frankfurt
BDA Architecture Award 2022 – Große Nike
The NIKE is the most important prize of the Federal Association of German Architects (BDA) and is awarded every three years in the six categories SYMBOLIC, ATMOSPHERE, DETAIL, COMPOSITION, SOCIAL COMMITMENT and INNOVATION; a CLASSIC NIKE is assigned to a building from the post-war period. The GROSSE NIKE is awarded in special recognition of a building that meets all six design categories in an outstanding manner.
The buildings are nominated by the BDA state associations. The Jewish Museum Frankfurt was on the shortlist for the category COMPOSITION.
The new building for events, temporary exhibitions, and a library is located in the former garden of the listed Rothschild Palais, which previously housed the museum. The freestanding volume forms an entrance courtyard with the existing buildings that opens up to the embankments and strengthens the presence of the museum in the urban space. The old buildings are connected by staggering the courtyard area, which simultaneously takes into account the museum’s security regulations. The interior spatial impression of the new building is defined by an atrium, from which all the museum's offerings can be accessed. Library, cafe, and workshops are organized on mezzanine floors around the atrium, a broad stair leads visitors from the event area to the exhibition spaces in the basement and older buildings. The listed buildings were renovated, freed of built-in components, and connected into a barrier-free, clearly structured exhibition space.
2022, Jewish Museum. Frankfurt
BDA Architecture Award 2022 – Große Nike