Holocaust Memorial Research Paper

The memorial was constructed in Berlin in 2005, and has recently come back into the media. Peter Eisenman recently stated in an article that, "I believe that my Holocaust memorial in Berlin could no longer be built today” (“Berlin Holocaust Memorial Wouldn’t Be Built Today, Says Peter Eisenman” 2016). The statement came as a result of the current president and today’s current xenophobic environment. No longer could something be created and well appreciated to honor the lives lost during the Holocaust, it would honor one while offending and enraging another. The memorial consists of 2,711 concrete slabs at different, varying sizes that allows visitors to walk through to further experience the intensity and
(The New Yorker 2012) the massive size of the design and what it truly represents. …show more content…
The unique structure of the opera house is based off of the sails of ships, because the design is built on the right alongside of the harbor. The design has little to do with the opera within but more to do with the surrounding area. A quotation is defined as, “involves the direct use of elements from other buildings in a new structure”(“Postmodern Architecture: Characteristics & Definition” n.d.). Metaphoric architecture is taken one step further in the postmodern movement and architects utilize aspects of other designs into their work. A great example of this described in the article, Postmodern Architecture: Characteristics & Definiton, by Christopher Muscato, is the “Harold Washington Library of Chicago. As a way to celebrate the famed architectural legacy of the city, this library incorporates direct designs taken from some of Chicago's most famous buildings, including the Auditorium Building, the Monadnock Building, the Marquette Building, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Art Institute of Chicago” (“Postmodern