It is the community’s name, Kesher - meaning both Connection and Knot in Hebrew - that inspired this adaptive reuse of a suburban house into a synagogue.
Committed to creating a sustainable building, the design ties together, in a continuous spatial band, the three main programmatic spaces – the Sanctuary, Social Hall, and Chapel – and connects them to the outdoors through a series of ramps.
A ribbed skin allows natural light to penetrate deeper within the building and a series of green roofs provide additional outdoor space lowering considerably the energy consumption of the synagogue.
