The original college, with its aged infrastructure, is located in Haifa’s bay, a high-demand area, which the State had wished to clear out in order to expand Haifa’s port. Future construction plans in the area, in addition to the IAF’s intention to modernize its training and instruction organization, catalyzed the decision to move the college to the south, as part of the IDF’s general move to the Negev region.

Establishing a modern college for the training of ground crews, adjacent to the training center for air crews, which will attract quality personnel to the IAF’s technical teams, that form the backbone of the corps. The college will provide the adequate framework for all training needs of the corps, which has always promoted excellence and technological progress.

The design draws inspiration from the site’s local history, combining contemporary elements which correspond with the technological character of the corps, and together create a zero-energy, modern campus, with the most advanced infrastructure, and which will be a source of pride to the IAF and in particular its technological cadre.

The college’s design is inspired by the site where it will be built, which is located on the ancient Nabataean Incense Trade Route, one of the primary trading routes in the ancient world. The desert surroundings, ancient stone structure, together with the route of the ancient copper mining and trading route, inspired the college’s ultra-modern design. Additionally, we incorporated repetitive, formal elements that echo the gradual transformation which trainees undergo from young adolescents first arriving at the college’s gate to excelling professional-technological soldiers.

Throughout the college’s design process we made use of the most up-to-date tools and methodologies in the field. Architects worked in a full BIM environment, fully realizing the method’s advantages, while also defining a work plan that takes into account future construction and maintenance phases. Moreover, the entire college was laid out as a zero-energy pedestrian site, implementing the principles of green building.

The different structures were planned in a north-south orientation, which provides the optimal climate conditions. As a result, the structures’ layout is diagonal to both streets and avenues. The combination of both networks create a dynamic of openness and closeness, deep vantage points towards the space in between the different structures, and a multifaceted lining, which taken together invoke visual interest along the width and length of the campus.

We proposed our plan for the new layout of the School of Architecture at Tel-Aviv University as part of an open competition for architects.

The concept for the structure is the division of the space into teaching and learning areas alongside presentation and practical workshops.

Due to the specific plot selected for the project and the need to integrate it as a gateway building to the campus, the structure was initially designed in the shape of an inverted “L”. However, this created some difficulty when applying the program, considering height restrictions. The attempt to overcome this challenge, in addition to wanting to provide interesting POVs from both the campus and the street, eventually led us to conceive of the structure’s unusual shape and form.

With the establishment of the Ir Yamim neighborhood, there was an apparent need for founding a community center for informal education and recreational activities for the neighborhood’s residents.

Establishing a high-quality activities center, which will attract residents of all ages, and contribute to strengthening a sense of community throughout the young neighborhood.

The project is characterized by the concentration of public space alongside two perpendicular axes – the “blue axis” running from east to west and leading to the sea, and the “green axis”, which ends in the open and green square that communicates with the neighborhood’s abundant green patches. The intersection between these axes, which is the heart of the complex, creates four spaces around it. These spaces are exposed to the visitor upon entering- three of which are built sections that together form the building, while the fourth one forms a negative image as an open space.

The three sections house different activities – one area is dedicated to extra-curricular activities, dance instruction, and a live performance hall, while the open space is a square located at the front of the plot.

The design of the structure corresponds with its designated activities and the spaces which compose it, and the interior of the space is exposed to visitors while observing its exterior.

The project will be the heart of the innovation center and will act as a workplace and meeting point for students and researchers participating in the university’s impact hubs.

A space that projects uniqueness, innovation and a connection to multi-faceted research, and provides a platform for groundbreaking encounters.

Impact Hub is located in a building that was inaugurated in 1985, that contains four floors and a basement. The area size of each floor is rather small and the general architectural design of the structure is complex. In this project we worked on the basement, the second floor and the courtyard adjacent to the building, that can be accessed from the basement.

As part of the program, we were asked to design multi-functional spaces. For example, the basement is a multi-functional open workspace with detachable working stations, “islands”, that can be removed in events such as lectures or meetings. As a solution we built customized “floating” desks that are attached to the ceiling and which can be folded and stored overhead, thus creating an open space without taking up area for storage.

The second floor has offices, meeting rooms, and an open lounge area.

In the adjacent courtyard, we planned lounging areas as well as unique outdoor working stations

When the structure was planned, new public buildings were not erected throughout Israel due to its financial situation at the time. It was thus decided by the Afula municipality to renovate the existing “Koloron” movie theater and transform it into a new complex including a cultural center and a library. Together with the public square located at its façade, they have become the main cultural center for Afula and its region.

The project won first prize in a restricted competition, and is considered by professionals in the field of theater as one of the best performance halls in the country.

Creating a unique cultural center for the city of Afula that will act as an urban icon, uniting the city’s residents and providing a source of municipal pride.

In addition to the challenge of keeping the existing theater contour as it was, several issues were raised concerning the old structure. Many seats suffered from a limited view due to the theater’s flat floor structure, acoustics were impaired, the entrance hall was narrow, small and could not host a large crowd, the stage was small and unsuitable for performances and there was a lack of space for storage and stage props.

Several actions were taken in order to solve the existing problems:

A new floor was planned in order to connect the balcony to the main seats’ area and organizing the seats in concentric circles, in order to allow a wider field of vision. The new angled flooring created a larger entrance hall, located underneath. The stage was extended on the expense of the front seats’ area.
An acoustical shell was hung from the roof’s existing structure, while using the spaces between the inner shell and outer skin for storage and stage facilities that also creates a barrier from the outer noise.
All together, the elements of the new parabolic roof, the white walls and the vertical wall openings join into an image, inspired by a grand piano.

With the growth and expansion of the museum there was a need for rebuilding a modern complex that would properly represent the legacy of the Israeli Air Force.

The IAF Museum is a unique synthesis between history, heritage, science and technology. It contains historical exhibits as well as modern multimedia experiences; it combines old and new, interior and exterior. The proposed plan interweaves a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces and routes that can cater to the heterogeneous crowd of the Museum.

The three-dimensional movement alternates between horizontal and vertical viewpoints throughout the entire complex, and in the exhibition halls in particular. Inspired by folded paper planes, the geometry of the main building simulates the motion of soaring off the ground.

The exhibition spaces are built with materials used in the construction of airport hangars and throughout different periods in the history of aviation. The structure’s different levels offer dynamic and changing viewpoints of the exhibits and align with the horizontal desert landscape.

The vertical element in the center of the complex accentuates the horizontal lines and can be identified upon arrival to the parking area. Walking down the entry pathway to the museum gradually exposes the unique shape and formation of the different buildings in the complex.

At the same time as the design and construction of the Ir Yamim Community Center, a similar need for a recreational and informal education center was felt as well in the new neighborhood of Qiryat Ha’Sharon, which was being constructed in east Netanya.

Establishing a high-quality activities center, which will attract residents of all ages, and contribute to strengthening a sense of community throughout the young neighborhood. The municipality requested that a similar center to the one being built in Ir Yamim will be constructed in Qiryat Ha’Sharon as well to prevent a sense of competition between the two new neighborhoods.

Similar to the design of the Ir Yamim Community Center, this project as well is characterized by the concentration of public space alongside two perpendicular axes – the “blue axis” running from east to west, and the “green axis”, which ends in the open and green square that communicates with the neighborhood’s abundant green patches. The intersection between these axes, which is the heart of the complex, creates four spaces around it. These spaces  are exposed to the visitor upon entering- three of which are built sections that together form the building, while the fourth one forms a negative image as an open space.

The three sections house different activities – one area is dedicated to extra-curricular activities, dance instruction, and a live performance hall, while the open space is a square located at the front of the plot.

The design of the structure corresponds with its designated activities and the spaces which compose it, and the interior of the space is exposed to visitors while observing its exterior.

After the completion of this structure, our office was commissioned to design an additional project, an education complex located east of the community center, thus creating continuity and complementing it.

The architecture competition for the new college complex in Ein Kerem was an opportunity to enhance the symbiosis between the values of the IDF and the chosen location: the evergreen forests surrounding Jerusalem.

An olive branch inspired the core principle of the plan that includes a central pathway from which the buildings spread diagonally in two central rows down the ridge.

Inspired by Jerusalemite icons, the campus is planned as an iconic element for both the city of Jerusalem and the IDF, and a symbol for modern Zionism and leadership.

The V-shaped arrangement of structures is gradually revealed to the visitor upon entering the gate towards the classrooms, and offers different viewpoints from the college outwards and from the immediate surroundings inwards. A mast, or rather a lighthouse, is erected in the main square, which acts as a focal identity point. The light symbolizes the values that comprise the officer and the commander, future leaders of the IDF, whose characters are shaped in this college. It is also the passage plan between the horizontal levels – from the underground parking lot to the main square.

The Yonatan Memorial Site was built in memory of Yonatan Rosenman, who was killed during the holding battles in the Golan Heights. The Memorial site was first built in 1981 by the construction department of the National Kibbutz and was erected in Moshav Yonatan in the Golan Heights.

The Yonatan Memorial Site was planned as a living monument, which also functions as a multi-purpose cultural and events hall, enabling active memorialization throughout the year. This concept was the outcome of a fruitful architect-client dialogue.

The memorial structure is shaped as a trimmed cone, which refers to the traditional image of growth that had been “cut off”, and that of an ascent towards the sky. The structure also draws inspiration from the popular image found in the landscape of the Golan Heights – mounds with their trimmed coned form. The spiral cone also represents divergence on one hand, and convergence on the other.

The spiral cone conveys to the inner space of the memorial site the dynamic dimension of its natural movement, completed by the top light opening, which creates a dynamic stain of light on the building’s floor, much like a sundial.

The Ein Sarah communal public buildings are situated in the center of the neighborhood, at the end of a residential street leading to them. Planning two synagogues for the two congregations in the same complex answers the need for community integration between the congregations. In addition to fulfilling their traditional roles as places of worship the synagogues are also a center for community and educational activities for children, youth and adults.

The project consists of two symmetrical synagogues, with the approaching street acting as their symmetry axis, while they are linked together by a juncture. Their placement in this spatial arrangement, and their relative small size, open the view to the landscape at the end of the street.

Each synagogue contains a lobby, prayer hall, toilet, kitchenette, sheltered area and storage room on the ground floor, and a women’s gallery and toilets on the gallery floor.

The building’s visual and functional strength lies in its duplicity: each building is a mirror image of the other, and their arrangement together creates shared public spaces.

The exterior image of each building is a conjunction of two parts – where one is the base and the other functions as a dual cone element, roofing the central spaces of the prayer halls, and creating the presence and look of a public building.

The finishing of the two parts embodies the nearby sea. The lower structure is covered with gravel, symbolizing the shore, while the upper, white structure symbolizes sea foam. The window panes are blue, like the sea, and can be viewed from the women’s gallery.

Each building has a transparent axis, creating two symmetric nuclei at each side of the lobby: one for vertical motion and the sheltered area, and the second for the “wet” area, which includes the toilets and a kitchenette. The women’s gallery overlooks the central space, and is connected to an outside terrace, used as a recreational space for children and parents.