It will be the biggest Jewish museum in the world. Its total
area will equal to 17,000 square meters, while the area of exposition dedicated
to history of Jewish people is 4,500 square meters, the Federation of Jewish
Communities of Russia (FJCR) told Interfax-Religion on Thursday.
Building of the museum will be commenced in 2009 based on
the Bakhmetev garage in Obraztsov Street in Moscow. It will house several
museum expositions, a library, a scientific center, conference halls and
exhibition galleries. The ground floor of the two-storey educational and
exhibition complex will be located underground.
The Graft Labs renowned German architectural bureau and the
Ralph Appelbaum Associates international design company worked out the concept
of interior design.
Speaking at the museum concept presentation, FJCR President
Alexander Boroda said, architects managed to settle two tasks at a time:
"to preserve the garage building, which is a unique architectural site,
and combine top multimedia technologies with traditional forms of museum
expositions."
The FJCR and the Garage center of modern culture will
realize joint exhibition projects before construction work starts. Ilia Kabakov
is to be exhibited first.
The Ralph Appelbaum Associates became famous after
constructing exposition of the USA Holocaust Memorial Museum. Besides, its
designers worked at William Clinton Presidential library, the National World
War I museum and the London transport museum.
The Graft Labs bureau actively cooperates with Hollywood
stars and cinema companies and carries out design and architectural projects in
Europe and Asia. The Bureau designed Brad Pitt's villa and participated in his
charity project to help residents of New Orleans suffered from Hurricane
Katrina.
