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students
Technion, Haifa
"Ruinovation" – Tasneem Madi’s final project
deals with the rehabilitation of Wadi Salib
and its re-connection to the city.
Ryan Pourati’s final project examines the
use of natural materials through a concrete
pavilion built in accordance with the fractal
design developed in Iranian Mosques in the
10th century.
Husein Yassin’s project offers an alternative
concept to the suggested plan for the Haifa
beach front by studying marginal spaces
in the city that have managed to avoid
capitalism.
“Energy out of the Box” – Israel 2048 –
final project by Avital Shmidt, dealing with
changes in the economy of energy and their
impact on the crowded urban landscape.
Ariel
Final projects in the engineering department
this year related to large public buildings,
including a proposed design for their own
school.
Mor Kaha designed a textile museum in
Nachlat Binyamin, situating an artists’ market
inside the building.
Yael Mankin designed an empowerment
center for women in Tel Aviv.
wizo, haifa
‭Final project by Alon Eckhaus relates to an
isolated historical compound in Nazareth
Elite, proposing to inverse it and build a
residential building in the form of a wall.
Hila Rahima’s project proposes a renewed
concept of public space in Rabin Square,
exploiting the excavations about to take
place there as part of the light rail work.
Yotam Knobel proposes joining three towers
planned in Tel Aviv at the expense of public
space, to create public space for culture,
education and employment.
on the verge of architecture
Born on Kibbutz Sde Nachum, artist, Nitzan
Fux, graduate of the Bezalel art department,
currently runs a small and fascinating studio
at 72 Nachlat Binyamin pedestrian street.
050 8 271 986 or Facebook.
That's it for this extremely hot summer.
Please write:
curiosity
blessed readers
Architecture of Israel is celebrating 30 years
of circulation and not in vain. Over the years
we have received many compliments and,
objectively… rightly so. So here is a letter
from someone who has no difficulty writing
what he thinks:
״I received the February 2018 magazine
issue and read the editorial. Despite all
the restrained pain in the final sentence:
“The Nation of Israel is alive, thank God,
the question is how long will the wicked be
jubilant”. I liked this sentence very much,
though personally, might not thank God...☺️
thank you!".
Thank you architect Daniel Lev Ari…
generosity from the heart guarantees
longevity (Leviticus 19:18).
Competitions and Awards
The Project of the Year awards ceremony
took place at the beginning of July at the
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.
Initiated by AI and the EU, the international
competition takes place in six categories
– Buildings, interior design, landscape
and environment, students, projects and
research. EU Ambassador Emanuele
Giaufret issued the awards and Korin
Gold-Megadim conducted the ceremony.
The competition, like many other things, is
managed by Rachel Ben Aharon (wow, that’s
me) and registration for next year is already
open at
Architect Dafna Brown-Halfin won the 2018
Resnik Prize in the field of public buildings
for the renovation of the Yigal Alon School in
Givat Shmuel. The project was shown at the
40/40 Exhibition, a sign that young architects
can also do good architecture.
The Jerusalem Municipality has announced
a competition for the design of the Warburg
Compound in Ein Karem. But don't waste
your time, the Orthodox-ized neighborhood
with a pre-army school at its heart provoked
hundreds of secular objections.
The lottery authority Mifal Hapais established
a Design hothouse for young designers who
may “win” 50,000 shekels for promoting a
conceptual project.
Giora Ackerstein - Ackerstein's President -
was awarded two honorary fellowships: One
for his Industrial Leadership, and the other
from the LandscapeArchitectureAssociation,
for his contribution to the development of
their profession.
Congratulations Giora, I hope to meet you on
the beach for many more years to come.
events
It’s sad to die in the middle of Tamuz, when
summer flags are flying high… wrote Naomi
Shemer, but it is just as sad to die suddenly,
in the middle of Sivan.
Architect Rafi Lerman – a leading Israeli
architect has died aged 82. Born in
Jerusalem, Rafi graduated from the Technion
in 1968, and soon after, established Lerman
Architects together with his wife Edna. The
office has since planned highly significant
projects and important master-plans,
prominent among them the Eilath–Sharm
road; the Tel Aviv District; the Israel Coast
Law; and, recently, Roofing the Ayalon
Highway. Of his 4 children, Architect Assaf
Lerman - who won the Rechter Prize in 2016,
runs a successful architectural firm of his
own (AI #109), the other - Gidi Lerman is a
successful town planner.
The Higher Education Council gave the title
Associate Professor to Architect Irit Zoref-
Netanyahu, Head of the Wizo Architectural
Department since 2009.
The Israeli delegation’s work at the Venice
Biennale titled Status Quo – relates to the
complicated Israeli demography, which
yields changing choreography in sacred
spaces. Participants: Architect Dvora Pinto,
Architect Ifat Finkelman, Architect Oren
Sagiv, Prof. Doron Bar, and Tania Cohen-
Uzielli, the newly appointed CEO of the Tel
Aviv Museum of Art who is replacing Susan
Landau.
exhibitions
The summer exhibition at the Holon Design
Museum is devoted to a pair of top designers
in the field of visual communications: Stefan
Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh – among
the most important contemporary graphic
designers to influence a generation of
designers. Closing: 20.10.18.
The exhibition "Rosh Tov” currently showing
at the Farm Gallery, Holon, deals with
“skulls”, which once symbolized danger and
recently became a marketing icon.
Closing: 25.8.18.
projects
The main building of the Tel Aviv Museum of
Art (facing 27 Shaul Hamelech St.) is currently
undergoing renovation by Dan Eitan and his
partner Ruth Lahav. The renovation includes
creative workshops and interactive activities.
A new café will be opened overlooking the
Sculpture Garden instead of the existing
cafeteria. The Brutalist structure designed by
Dan Eytan and Yitzhak Yashar at the end of
the sixties won the 1971 Rechter Prize.
rachel ben aharon