The document summarizes two architectural projects: Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin and the National Museum of Roman Art in Merida. For the Jewish Museum, Libeskind designed it with underground entrances and three axes representing death, exile, and continuity to metaphorically represent the Holocaust. The axes lead to different areas of the museum. For the Roman Art museum, the architect took a modern approach to designing it like a basilica with semi-circular arches, carvings, and a reference to the nearby Roman theater to represent the historicism of Roman architecture. Both projects employ postmodern architecture techniques like deconstruction, metaphor, narrative, and imitation.

1. Seminar
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2. The Jewish Museum of Berlin (1993-98)
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3. The Jewish
Museum of
Berlin: The
site
Architect:
Daniel
Libeskind
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4. The entrance and the axes
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Entrance to the museum
via subterranean staircase
The
Holocaust
Tower via the
axis of death
The Garden of
Exile via the axis
of exile
The Axis of
Continuity leading
to galleries and
upper floors

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The
Holocaust
Tower
The
Garden
of Exile

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The exterior
and the interior
views

8. The voids
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9. Modes of Postmodern
architecture
De-constructivism
Metaphor
Fragmentation
Narrative
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National Museum of Roman Art,
Merida
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11. The
exterior
façade
view
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The perfect
semi-
circular
arches

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A modern
take on
basilica

14. Axonometric Sectional view
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Plan

15. Entrance
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Carvings

16. Roman Theatre of Merida
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17. Modes of Postmodern
architecture
Historicism
Imitation
Narrative
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18. References
http://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/daniel-libeskind-jewish-museum-berlin/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2063493715_18dfe1a365.jpg
http://c1038.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/group5/building44788/media/xkwo_interior_re
ndering_of_hallway_c_jewish_museum_berlin._rendering_by_bromsky._0.jpg
http://larryspeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2014-1191.jpg
 http:// www.archdaily.de/main/EN/04-About-The-Museum/01-Architecture/01-
moneo-Building.php
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19. Thank You
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