Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind (US) is an architect.
Manifestation 4 - Symposium: Daniel Liebeskind; photo: Jan Sprij
Daniel Libeskind was born in postwar Poland and left to America where he became an American citizen in 1965. After studying music he received his architectural degree at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1970 in New York City and a postgraduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture at the School of Comparative Studies at Essex University in 1972. Libeskind grew out to be one of he most well-known architects of our time with his famous design of the Jewish museum in Berlin (1989) and the Master Plan design for Ground Zero and the World Trade Center site (awarded to him in February 2003).
Libeskind has been groundbreaking with his ideas on architecture. In his work he tries to connect architecture with several disciplines like city planning and its social functions, philosophy, music, literature and develops them through constant dialogue with the people. Furthermore he believes in the spirituality of architecture. He believes a building should have significance granted to it by an understanding of our Being, by tragedy, sacrifice, destiny and hope. In this view he wants the experience of architecture to be aiming at the liberation of space.
Nederlands / Dutch text
Daniel Liebeskind doceerde als architect o.a. op Harvard University en de Architectural Association in Londen. Zijn werk is werldwijd gepubliceerd in de vakbladen. Hij was een van de zeven deelnemers aan de tentoonstelling over deconstructivistische architectuur in het Museum of Modern Art te New York, die daar in 1988 werd gehouden. In 1989 won Liebeskind de eerste prijs bij een internationale prijsvraag voor de "uitbreiding van het Berlijns Museum met een Joods Museum". In 1990 presenteerde hij in Groningen zijn masterplan "De Boeken van Broningen" voor het stadsmarkeringsproject. In 1991 presenteerde hij zijn project "Engel über Berlin" voor de Potsdammer / Leipzigerplatz te Berlijn.
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