“The warm, curvilinear ark offers a softening counterpoint to the rectilinear brutalist structure of the existing hall, while the structural ribs within the ark echo the concrete ribbing that frames the skylights overhead.” Play areas over flow from the interior of the spaceīefore entering the ark, an immersive space designed by artist Wolfram Spyra evokes the feeling of being underwater through a series of educational exhibits, representative of the story of the flood from the Torah. “The 585-square-meter ark is inspired by two seemingly disparate sources: an ancient Sumerian text that describes a circular ark, and Space Station V, a ship from Stanley Kubrik’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey,” said the studio. The 1960s concrete market hall was left largely untouched, with a contrasting timber structure inserted within the concrete frame. Timber lines the exterior of the play space
Originally called Arche Noah – Noah’s ark in German – the name was changed to ANOHA to be easier for visitors of all ages to pronounce. The architect’s concept aims to use the story of Noah’s ark as an accessible way of understanding issues of climate change. Set opposite the existing museum’s building, ANOHA was built within a brutalist former flower market. Above: clerestory windows were placed at the top of the structure A doughnut-shaped timber “ark” filled with animal sculptures sits at the centre of the recently opened ANOHA children’s museum at the Jewish Museum in Berlin.Īrchitecture studio Olson Kundig designed the museum, which is an addition to the Daniel Libeskind-designed Jewish Museum Berlin, to be a space for “discovery, exploration and play”.
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