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Introduction : PREV                                                                                                  1 of 8                                                                                                                   Next ... After the War of Independence, social and economic conditions changed a great deal in Israel, and so did the needs of the newly created State. The scale and scope of new projects expanded immensely. The planning of large hospital and university centres called for a more thorough study and survey of the programmatic aspects: functional, professional and psychological. More than ever I was convinced that some clear and basic principles had to be adopted in our future architectural work. There was first our approach to design. I was convinced we had to strive to design in a straight, modest and simple way, which is paradoxically the most intricate and difficult of methods. Our basic assumption was that we should develop the design of a public building, hospital or university, in a logical sequence, according to the project's elements: entrance, lobby, passages leading to the different functional spheres of the buildings - both horizontally and vertically; if possible, we had to interrupt this design sequence by open spaces, patios and courtyards, and to widen the exteriors by terraces and loggias, thus integrating indoor and outdoor spaces. ...

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1952 : Prev                                                                                                    2 of 8                                                                                                                   Next Architectural Competition - First Prize The students dormitories of the Hebrew University for 500 students form an independent group of buildings located on one of the campus hills. Several dormitory blocks, a dining-hall building and a clubhouse are loosely laid out on the slope of the hill, all covered in Jerusalem stone.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1952

Beilinson Medical Center, Tel Aviv 1954 : Prev                                                                                                    3 of 8                                                                                                                   Next The Beilinson General Hospital of Kupat Holim (the Sick Fund of the Histadrut) was designed for 500 beds in 1954, but the masterplan provided for its expansion into a medical centre with over 1000 beds. Architectural emphasis was placed on a balanced functional and spatial relationship between the multi-storey building and the low buildings, surrounding it. The masterplan of the early 'fifties - a time of huge immigration - was based on a modular design, flexible and expandable. Today the number of patients is near to 1,200 and a new masterplan is being prepared. The extensions are being planned according to the same organic planning principle of simple modular systems, closely related to the surrounding open spaces, as a continuation of the original masterplan. The hospital consists of an eight-storey nursing wing to the south and medical facilities to the north, connected by a communications core containing elevators and staircases. The one-storey pavilions contain administration, blood-bank, admission, first-aid, and stores workshops and power house at the rear, and are closely connected to the multi-storey building.

Beilinson Medical Center, Tel Aviv 1954

Beilinson, Climatic Treatment of the Four Façades : Prev                                                                                                    4 of 8                                                                                                                   Next Four different building facades provide protection against sun or rain, according to the direction the side of the building faces: the southern wards are protected by deep verandahs against the fierce glare of the sun. The apertures of the east and west elevations are shielded by fixed or adjustable vertical shutters, while the north elevation was left unprotected.

Beilinson, Climatic Treatment of the Four Façades

Soroka Health Centre, Beersheba 1959 : Prev                                                                                                    5 of 8                                                                                                                   Next The Beersheba Hospital of Kupat Holim was designed for 250 beds in 1955 and grew into a 1,200-bed medical centre, serving the south of the country and the Negev desert. It is a pavilion-type hospital, in which the medical facilities and wards are concentrated in one multi-storey block. Climatic considerations led to the adoption of a loose grid design of patio gardens and pavilions, connected to the main hospital building by pergolas. The whole hospital area was surrounded by a green belt of pepper trees and sycamores during the time of construction to protect the complex from the sand and the dust storms blowing in from the surrounding semi-desert. It is interesting to compare the ways in which the Beilinson and Beersheba hospitals expanded. Beilinson was a single compact unit, which expanded in one direction. Beersheba was a dispersed pavilion-type hospital in which the spaces between pavilions were partially filled.

Soroka Health Centre, Beersheba 1959

Forum of the Technion Haifa, The Churchill Auditorium 1958 : Prev                                                                                                    6 of 8                                                                                                                   Next Architectural Competition - First Prize The Forum of the Technion (Institute of Technology) in Haifa consists of three main buildings: the auditorium, central library and senate, serving as the centre of the Technion's cultural and social activities. It is situated on an eastern slope of Mount Carmel, overlooking the bay and port of Haifa. The three buildings are located on terraces connected by ramps and stairs for pedestrians. The upper piazzetta forms the entrance to the Churchill Auditorium, connected by wide steps to the main piazza, which forms the entrance to the library and senate. From this piazza a wide ramp and stairs lead to the sunken garden, which continues under the piazza bridge to the faculties' area. All buildings are constructed of exposed reinforced concrete in a module of 1.60 m - the maximum width of Israel glass - which criss-crosses all building elements: floors, ceilings, doors, windows, and even the piazza's flagstones. The architectural quality of this complex is based on the space relationship between the three horizontal elements - the piazzetta, piazza, and sunken garden - and the three building cubes, auditorium library and senate. It is a pedestrian area with lawns, patios, and terraces forming a differentiated space for the students' varied activities.

Forum of the Technion Haifa, The Churchill Auditorium 1958

Technion, The Library 1960 : Prev                                                                                                    7 of 8                                                                                                                   Next

Technion, The Library 1960

Technion, The Senate Building 1962 : Prev                                                                                                    8 of 8                                                                                                                 NEXT

Technion, The Senate Building 1962

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