DATEJan 1, 2021
STATUSIn design
CLIENT
Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life/Or L’Simcha Congregation
BUILDING SIZEapprox 45,000 sq. ft.
NEWSArchitectural Digest
DESCRIPTION
Designed by Studio Libeskind, in collaboration with Rothschild Doyno Collaborative ofPittsburgh, the reimagined approximately 45,000 sq. ft. building at the corner of Shadyand Wilkins Avenues in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood will house a new nationalinstitution encompassing a museum, center for education and a planned memorialhonoring the 11 people from three congregations – Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha, New LightCongregation and Congregation Dor Hadsash – killed in the attack on October 27,2018.
Central to the design concept is the “Path of Light,” a dramatic skylight that willrun the entire length of the building. The glazed volume will welcome all visitors andusher in light to all the spaces and create a main axis that connects a series ofprogrammatic spaces for the various needs of the institution. Along the “Path of Light”will be a museum, a space for reflection and remembrance called the Space of Memory,and a modernized sanctuary for worship and communal events.