23 2024 נובמבר 139 אדריכלות ישראלית | | אדריכלי העונה - סקורקא אדריכלים | SolarEdge new campus Constructed as part of the development plan in the Northern Glilot Complex, the new campus, for about 2,500 company employees offers a ring structure with the area of about 70,000 sqm. - the largest in the country for a green energy development A concrete podium establishes the encounter with the ground level, above which are screen walls with shading devices that help create ideal thermal comfort in the interior spaces Skorka Architects Renderings: Gilad Lan brilliantly expressed it in his "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". How did time influence your approach while designing the additional building to the iconic Bank of Israel building? Time plays a pivotal role there; while the iconic, original building is intentionally enclosed like a safe, the structure we designed 60 years later offers a clear and ventilated contemporary form that engages in a functional and aesthetic dialogue with its surroundings. Our design allows the new building to draw attention to the Bank of Israel campus while maintaining its autonomy as part of the Kiryat HaLeom (National Precinct), integrating functionally with symbolic significance, creating a balance between innovation and tradition. Before we lose the readers in the alleys of poetry, what's your view on the relationships between architecture, psychology, philosophy, and art? Architecture allows for a broad definition, starting with the ״art of building״ and gradually develops into more poetic directions, blending abstract and empirical elements to create something out of nothing. At our firm, we continue to view architecture as an applied art, which at times carries elements of fine art, driven by abstract ideas which do not stem directly from programmatic requirements, but rather, emerge through thought and imagination. Such elements elevate architecture to philosophical and psychological dimensions. And ultimately, this is what creates environments that resonate with human, cultural, and ethical values... ...And now I think we've earned the right to sit with T. S. Eliot for coffee.
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