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自2008年6月開幕以來，位於美國舊金山下城區Mission街的當代猶太博物館（Contemporary Jewish Museum）不但代表著當地猶太人生活的歷史與再生，占地63,000平方英呎的博物館，也成為了該地區當代展覽及公共或教育活動的舉辦場所。

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當代猶太博物館的原址為一處19世紀時位於Jessie街的變電所，變電所還在1976年時就已成為了當地的地標。20世紀初時由舊金山的建築師Willis Polk加以改建，在歷史的沿革下使得博物館成為了新與舊、傳統與創新，以及融合了19、20與21世紀建築風格的作品。

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負責設計的建築事務所Studio Daniel Libeskind表示，當代猶太博物館的設計來自於希伯來文「L’Chaim」，也就是「面對人生 To Life」的意思。在猶太人的傳統中，「Chai」代表著「chet」及「yud」二個字，不僅僅只是字母，也代表著數學以及在生活中所創造出的故事及符號的象徵，進而決定了博物館的設計理念。從「Chai」這個字所創造出的空間也是史無前例的經驗，以「chet」所設計出的空間可做為展覽及教育類的活動場地，而以「yud」意涵所設計擁有36個窗戶的空間，則直接規劃在人行道旁，讓博物館有著更親民的氛圍。如此的設計也讓當代猶太博物館在2008及2009年時分別獲得美國公共工程協會及房地產建築協會所頒發的 Outstanding Project 及 Building of America Award 二個獎項。

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一隻喜愛新事物也對舊事物固執的牡羊。台北工專土木工程科、雲林科技大學營建工程結構組畢業，工作後決定離職前往澳洲再度充實自己並一圓留學夢，畢業於墨爾本大學經濟與商業研究所，主修商業與資訊管理。喜歡看建築、旅行探索、研究攝影、愛打網球、沉溺爵士樂當了爵士樂團薩克斯風手。目前為《欣建築／國際脈動》編譯、文字記者、辦理欣建築相關活動及國際領隊。

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The Contemporary Jewish Museum is 63,000-square-feet and located on Mission Street in downtown San Francisco. Since opening in June 2008, the Museum has provided space for temporary exhibitions as well as public and educational programs, and is itself a symbol dedicated to the history and revitalization of Jewish life in San Francisco.

Housed in the abandoned late 19th-century Jessie Street Power Substation, updated in the first decade of the 20th century by Willis Polk, and landmarked in 1976, the museum makes visible relationships between new and old, between tradition and innovation, bringing together 19th, 20th and 21st century architecture into one building.

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The CJM’s design is based on the Hebrew expression “L’Chaim,” which means “To Life.” Following the Jewish tradition, according to which letters are not mere signs, but substantial participants in the story they create, the two Hebrew letters of the chai — chet and yud — with all their symbolic, mathematical, and emblematic nuance, determined the form of the new museum. The building is based on unprecedented spaces created by theses two letter forms of the chai. The chet provides an overall continuity for the exhibition and educational spaces, and the yud, with its 36 windows, is located on the pedestrian connector.

AWARDS RECEIVED
2009 - Outstanding Project Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2008 - Building of America Award by Real Estate Construction and Review

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BUILDING SIZE: 63,000 sq.ft
STRUCTURE: Steel structure on concrete with stainless steel cladding
CLIENT: Contemporary Jewish Museum
ARCHITECT OF RECORD: WRNS
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: ARUP and OLMM Consulting Engineers
MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL / PLUMBING ENGINEER
Ajmani & Pamidi, Inc (M&P) Silverman and Light, Inc (E)
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Auerbach Glasow French
FAÇADE: A.Zahner Company
AWARDS: SEP 8 2011, Building of America Award by Real Estate Construction and Review

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A male Aries, loves learning new things and being nostalgic to old things. Academic background: Bachelor of Construction Engineering Department at National YunTech University, Taiwan and Diploma of Graduate School of Business and Economics at University of Melbourne. With character of a little introvert, addicting to architecture, photography, tennis, Jazz music and saxophone and being the translator of Xin Architecture/ International, reporter, holder of activities and international tour leader.

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