“Where is Jewish Lviv? Where are its roughly 45 synagogues and prayer houses which are said to have existed until World War II? At first glance, any trace of this religious life seems obliterated, despite all the historic building fabric which has survived centuries in this city.”
Katharina Schubert in “Jüdische Gedenkorte in Lviv – eine Bestandsaufnahme”, 2007
In the historic centre’s Jewish quarter, the Nazis destroyed two important synagogues as well as a school building. The scope and density of preserved traces, their present perceptibility and former integration vary. This variance is translated to three different spatial situations and atmospheres: authentic, animate, abstract. They compose an ensemble of three different characteristic spaces to access history and gravity of the location. Carefully and diligently adapted interventions support the legibility of the place without obstructing or overloading it.
Project Data
Landscape architecture: Franz Reschke Landschaftsarchitektur
Exhibition installation: Studio Sophie Jahnke
Consulting construction site management: Lenka Voitová, Christoph Junghans, Annemarie Rothe (all GIZ)
Project location: Lviv/Ukraine
Year completed: 2016
Photo credits: Sophie Jahnke, Franz Reschke, Sofia Dyak
