Article source: Kister Scheithauer Gross Architekten

kister scheithauer gross architects and urban planners (ksg) have completed the community centre and synagogue for the Jewish community of Ulm. In 2009, the Israelite Religious Community in Württemberg (IRGW) decided to build a new synagogue for its orthodox community in Ulm and, together with the city of Ulm, initiated a competition. The city placed the building site in the middle of the Weinhof, just a stone’s throw from the former synagogue, which was destroyed during Kristallnacht.

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• Architects: Kister Scheithauer Gross Architects and Urban Planners
• Project: Ulm Synagogue
• Location: Weinhof, Leipheim, Germany
• Photography: Christian Richters 
• Design/responsible partner: Prof. Susanne Gross
• Project manager, artistic director: Grzegorz Rybacki
• Team: Fritz Keuten, Matthes Langhinrichs, Stefan Schwarz, Paul Youk
• Project management: nps Bauprojektmanagement GmbH, Ulm
• General contractor: Matthäus Schmid Bauunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG, Baltringen
• Competition: 11/2009 
• Performance time: 2010-2012 
• Start of construction: 03/2011 
• Completion: 12/2012 
• Gross floor space: 1.980 m²