Tikva – Jewish Museum Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal In designThe Jewish Museum Lisbon will portray the history of Jewish life and culture in Portugal, specifically in Lisbon. It will share the message that Jewish heritage is indissoluble in the country’s history and celebrates the value of cultural differences, thus promoting inter-religious integration. The building’s volume is articulated into five distinct segments—trapezoidal or triangular in plan—that subtly vary in height, ranging from 10 to 15 meters. This modulation mirrors the traditional building scale of historic Lisbon, lending the structure a sense of contextual human-scaled continuity. Embedded within the architecture are the four Hebrew letters that spell “TIKVA”—meaning Hope—each manifesting as…
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