You will find the Pears Jewish Campus Berlin community center located adjacent to the Chabad Lubavitch Family and Cultural Centre in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin. This facility mainly focuses on serving children and youth, including a school, a daycare center, and a kindergarten.
© Roland Halbe
The Pears Jewish Campus is in a green garden with a unique design blending different architectural styles. The building has various open spaces, such as playgrounds and sports fields. The third floor of the building is a multi-purpose hall that can be used for sports activities, cultural events, religious celebrations, seminars, and conferences. The fifth floor houses an auditorium with tiered seating for film screenings or lectures. The building also has a dining room and a kosher kitchen. The basement of the Pears Jewish Campus has rooms that connect to an outdoor area with cascading green steps leading up to the ground level. © Roland Halbe
Pears Jewish Campus’s Design Concept
The Pears Jewish Campus design features fluid and curved lines, which were chosen to complement the interior of the Chabad-Lubavitch Centre. This was done purposefully to create a harmony between the contemporary additions and the existing Neoclassical structure. The new building employs an organic formal language and rhythmic horizontal banding, which can be seen in the structure and facade. Additionally, the vertical slits of light in the horizontal bands on the facade of the s...