Rendering of Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

Zvi Hecker

2005

3-D rendering of lit-up buildings.
Hecker’s design for the Museum of the History of the Polish Jews (Polin) proposed a complex of two buildings: one a rectangular concrete block and the other a lighter metal and glass structure. The new buildings were intended to complement but not to overshadow the existing Monument to the Ghetto Heroes (commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising) to which it would be adjacent. Ultimately, however, Hecker’s design did not win the competition and was not built.

Credits

Image courtesy of Zvi Hecker.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 10.

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Creator Bio

Zvi Hecker

b. 1931

Polish-born Zvi Hecker is an Israeli architect with offices in Berlin and Amsterdam. His buildings, such as the Spiral Apartment House in Ramat-Gan and the Heinz Galisky Schule in Berlin, are distinguished by their geometric complexity. Hecker’s work has been exhibited in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, New York, Florence, and Berlin. In 1999, he represented Israel at the 5th Venice Biennale of Architecture. He is the recipient of both the German Critic Prize for architecture (1996) and the Rechter Prize for Architecture (1999).

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