Introduction

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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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