YINNON LEHRER PORTFOLIO yinnon@gmail.com +972 544321534 Ben-Zvi 23, Givatayim, Israel
CV residential:
Residential Projects at MP Architects // Residential Projects at Bar-Orian Architects // Home in Shlafim
interiors:
Office spaces at MP Architects // Apartment Re-design
public:
Work at FUKSAS Architects // Long-Term Bicycle Parking Stations // Eytanut // Yad Lebanim // Literary Perspective // Ramla Entrance // Panoramic Terminal // Urban Bustan // Rosh Pina // Begin 74 ReSkin // Hudson st. Hotel
HI, My name is Yinnon, I am an experienced, multi-faceted designer. Rather than limit my creative and intellectual scope and specialize in a single discipline, I have chosen to gain professional experience in varying, complementary fields. I believe it is crucial for me as a creative professional to be able to draw from a diverse professional background while always keeping an open mind, and constantly searching for new ideas and inspiration. For the last 5 years, I worked as studio manager and head of design at Maoz Price Architects, an up and coming Tel-Aviv practice. Ever since I was appointed, the practice grew rapidly, and in 2018, I became associate architect. My responsibilities included managing a team of 10 architects while overseeing a multitude of projects at various stages. In addition, I regularly took up private design commisions , in order to diversify my skill set and broaden my horizons. Before my current position, I worked for several years as project architect at Bar-Orian Architects in Tel-Aviv and at M. FUKSAS Architects in Rome, as part of the competition team. During this time, I touched on all aspects and stages of the architectural design process. Prior to, and in parallel to my architectural career, I have gained years of experience as a graphic designer. Having worked for some of Israel’s leading studios as well as independently, with a variety of clients.
CV
// Personal info: Name: Yinnon Lehrer (b.1981) E-mail: yinnon@gmail.com Telephone: +972 544321534 Online Portfolio: www.issuu.com/yinnon/docs/portfolio // Education and Qualification: 2015 - Fully Licensed architect (Israel) 2011 - Registered architect (Israel) 2009 - B. Arch (5 year program) from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. // Professional experience: 2016-2021: Maoz Price Architects - Associate Architect & Studio Manager. I was directly involved in a wide variety of projects, making sure each and every project is thoroughly designed and professionally managed. Since I was appointed studio manager, the practice grew rapidly. Staff size and revenue have multiplied several times, while project scales and scope have increased dramatically. My responsibilities included managing a team of 10 architects while overseeing a multitude of projects at various stages, including preliminary evaluation and design, permit acquisition, technical systems integration, detailed documentation and on-site supervision. In addition, I lead the firm’s transition to BIM technology and online collaborative design. 2012-2015: Bar Orian Architects - Project architect in TelAviv’s leading architectural firm. I participated and lead a wide variety of projects (mostly residential) at different scales and design stages. I took a central part In designing many of the firm’s significant projects. 2011-2012: Gal-Or Fishbain Architects - Project architect, in charge of several projects at different scales and design stages. 2010-2011: M. Fuksas Architects, Roma - Architect in competition team. 2008- :
Architecture projects designed independently or in collaboration a team of architects, including interior design, private homes and leading competition teams.
CV
2008-2009: YGA Architects, Tel-Aviv 2003- : Graphic designer in some of Israel’s leading web design and interactive design firms. These positions provided me with considerable experience working with large-scale clients while producing high quality work under time constraints. After several years I began working independently with a variety of clients from small businesses to large companies. // Awards and Achievements: 2014: Honorable Mention in competition to redesign the entrance gates of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 2010: 2nd place in architecture competition, held by the Bezalel and Shikun Binui. 2010: Final project took part in the final stage of the Azrieli Competition, Israel’s premier award for Architecture students. 2010: Final project published in various websites and magazines, including Yanko Design (www.yankodesign.com), Designspotter (www.designspotter.com) and Treehugger (www.treehugger.com) 2010: Shortlisted in Designboom’s Green-Life competition. 2008: Bezalel Award for Outstanding Design. 2008: Participation in Cleantech 2008 exhibition. 2007: 1st place in “Ideas for Green Building” competition, held by the Israeli Architects Union and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. // Technical Proficiency: Software: Adobe Illustrator Autodesk Revit Adobe Indesign Sketchup Adobe Photoshop Rhino Autodesk AutoCAD
// Language Skills: Vray for Sketchup Lumion MS Office
*In addition, I can quickly learn any required software. // References available upon request
Hebrew: Native speaker English: Native speaker French: Partial
Residential Projects MP architects
// Maoz Price Architects / Associate Architect and Studio Manager / 2016As Studio manager at MP architects, I am personally responsible for the preliminary evaluation, planning and design of a wide variety of multi-unit residential projects. Most projects are within a dense existing urban fabric, while several are large scale urban complexes. In addition, I oversee a team of 10 architects working on a multitude of projects at various design stages.
// HaShuk 34, Tel-Aviv, 19 res. units, commerce at ground level
Residential Projects MP architects
// Shazar 48-52, Tel-Aviv, 160 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Hameyasdim complex Hod Hasharon, 361 res. units (In collaboration with BarOrian Architects)
Residential Projects MP architects
// Brazil 6-20, Tel-Aviv, 230 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Nekhalim complex, Tel-Aviv, 375 res. units
concept development diagram:
Residential Projects MP architects
// Nekhalim complex, Tel-Aviv, 375 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// motefiore 16, Tel-Aviv, 14 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Hinanit complex, Tel-Aviv, 294 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Keren Kayemet 24, Givatayim, 64 res. units
// Zrubavel, Herzeliya, 60 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Kaplansky 49-51, Givatayim, 70 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Bilu 12, Tel-Aviv, 17 res. units
// Amishav 9-11 Tel-Aviv, 29 res. units
// Fikus 31-43, Tel-Aviv, 80 res. units
Residential Projects MP architects
// Zabutinsky 133, Tel-Aviv, 35 res. units
// Beit El 4 Tel-Aviv, 74 res. units
// Hinanit complex, Tel-Aviv, 294 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Bar-Orian Architects / Project Architect / 2012-2015 For three and a half years I was a project architect at Bar-Orian architects, one of Tel-Aviv’s leading architectural practices. During this period, I acquired crucial skills and a thorough understanding of multi-unit residential architecture and its design process. I participated and lead a wide variety of projects (mostly residential) at different scales and design stages. I took a central part in designing many of the firm’s significant projects.
// Herbest 6, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Herbest 6, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Herbest 6, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Herbest 6, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Herbest 6, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Herbest 6, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Goldman 3, Tel-Aviv, 13 res. units and a boutique hotel
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Kiev complex, Tel-Aviv, 296 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Bezalel Yafe 4, Tel-Aviv, 12 res. units
Residential Projects Bar-Orian Architects
// Zikhron Yaakov 4, Tel-Aviv, 60 res. units
Shlafim
// 150 sqm. Private House - Shlafim, Beit-Shean Valley / Under Construction / 2017-
// South elevation (top) and West Elevation
Structural engineer: Micha Bar-Ilan Sanitary engineer: Svetlana shusterman Structural system: Indan A single family home, located in a kibbutz expansion site. The expansion plan is a hybrid of suburban and kibbutz planning methods, with small private yards surrounding each new home while no fences or borders are permitted. The house is situated in a square plot, with bordering public footpaths on its southern and western edges. The client, a young family of 5 wanted their home to open up to the surrounding public sphere while giving the them the ability adjust privacy levels according to specific demands. The programmatic arrangement echoes surrounding vistas, by placing living quarters along the western and southern facades, facing the Gilboa mountains and a pubic park, with service modules relegated to the rear façade, adjacent to the access road. With outdoor living in mind, a patio was designed as the home’s focal point, where the living quarters and bedroom wing intersect. The patio is situated in the south-west corner, which affords panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, but is also the homes most exposed and least private. Therefore, the patio acts as an additional buffer between public and private realms. As the Biet-Shean valley has extremely hot summers, much attention was devoted to the house’s climatic properties, in order to minimize solar gain and induce natural ventilation.
217 m2
~130 m2
Shlafim
// concept diagram
1. max. floor area within setback line limits
217 m2
4 living areas and bedrooms arranged according to surrounding vistas. patio is strategically placed.
2. adjustment according to client preferences
3. predetermined vehicle parking entrance dictates placing of service modules
~130 m2
5. gallery level added with access to roof terrace with views of gilboa mountains
6. facades are designed to minimize solar gain
Shlafim
// perspective views
// construction - cladding
view from south-west
view from south-west
western elevation
western elevation
Shlafim
// construction - structure
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Maoz Price Architects / Associate Architect and Studio Manager / 2016MP architects specialize in custom designed office spaces, many of which I personally designed and oversaw to completion. Since 2017, I am responsible for the collaboration with construction companies, Tidhar and later Electra, on several high profile collaborative office spaces for end clients WeWork and MindSpace. These projects demanded utilization of BIM collaboration tools and fast-track design methodologies.
// Tidhar WeWork, Haifa, 3500 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Tidhar WeWork, Haifa, 3500 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Tidhar WeWork, Toha Tel-Aviv, 11000 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Tidhar WeWork, Toha Tel-Aviv, 11000 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Hot cinema offices, Holon, 600 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Poalim Innovation, Tel-Aviv, 800 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Tidhar WeWork, Midtown Tel-Aviv, 5000 sqm
Office spaces at MP Architects
// Tidhar WeWork, Midtown Tel-Aviv, 5000 sqm
Apartmert Re-design
// Interior design / 2012Over the past several years I have redesigned several home interiors in the Tel-Aviv area. From small scale apartments to expansive rooftops, each project is an opportunity to try new ideas and gain valuable skills.
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Apartmert Re-design
Work at FUKSAS
// Work at FUKSAS Architects / First as an intern and later as a collaborator / 2010-2011 Between 2010 and 2011 I worked as part of the competition team at FUKSAS Architects in Rome, Italy. Working on the competition team meant constantly working under tight time constraints, often working on several projects simultaneously. Working on the different projects, I took on a wide variety of tasks such as participation in preliminary scheme design, project design, drafting, 3d modeling, rendering and project presentation. During this period I worked on a wide variety of large scale projects: - Guoxen Securities Tower, Shenzen, China (competition winner) - Bursa Urban Renovation Project, Bursa, Turkey - University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus - House of Justice (Ministry of Justice), Tbilisi, Georgia - Europark Expansion, Salzburg, Austria - Hubei Provintial Museum, Wuhan, China - China Garden Museum, Beijing, China - China Exposition Center, Shanghai, China
// Guoxin Tower (competition winner), daytime view
Work at FUKSAS
// Guoxin Tower, concept diagram
a. Guoxin Securities company logo
b. logo imposed on building facade
c. atrium “cut” along building section
d. multifunctional atrium serves climatic and programatic purposes
Work at FUKSAS
// Guoxin Tower, night view
Work at FUKSAS
// Tbilsi House of Justice (Georgian Ministry of Justice), View from River
Work at FUKSAS
// Cyprus University, Faculty of Engineering, physical model
Work at FUKSAS
// Cyprus University, Faculty of Engineering, sections, scale 1:1000
Section A:A
Section B:B
Ramla Entrance
// Municipal Entrance Element - Ramla / Competition entry / 2020 Ramla's historic urban fabric is comprised of a patchwork of adjacent edifices interspersed with open courtyards. The dense urban environment is conducive to the creation of social bonds and a communal atmosphere. During the 20th century Ramla developed rapidly. However, along with the development process, Ramla spread and grew in a manner that did not coincide with its traditional urban values. Historically, entrance points to cities such as Ramla, would often offer passers-by a hint of the urban space ahead. This competition was an opportunity to re-imagine the entrance space to modern-day Ramla, as formulizer of urban identity. An urban space that draws from the city's storied past and presents its urban values. Modern-day Ramla is a thriving city, home to a plethora of diverse communities and cultures, living side by side in harmony. These communities lack the quality public spaces their urban lifestyle requires, a shortage that is sure to grow, as the city's population continues to increase rapidly. The design proposal, inspired by Ramla's historic urban core, offers residents an active urban space, a unique play-space for its numerous young residents. A diverse, active experience designed for different ages and thus benefitting future generations. Ramla's entrance will be a living urban space in its own right, aiding in the formation of its urban identity whilst improving daily life and cultivating its future.
// Birdseye view from North-West
מערב-כיוון צפון
צומת הקרח
מערבית
ידה 1:200 - Entrance
פתוחות ביניהם .סביבה עירונית צפופה אשר מייצרת קשרים חברתיים ותחושת קהילתיות .במהלך המאה העשרים גדלה
Ramlaוהתפתחה רמלה .התפתחות זו לוותה בהתרחבות פיזית שלא בהכרח שימרה את ערכיה האורבאניים המסורתיים .בערים היסטוריות כמו רמלה ,נקודת הכניסה לימדה את העובר בה
חיות בה בשיתוף וזקוקות למרחבים ציבוריים איכותיים ,בהם ניתן לשהות ולבצע פעילויות שונות כחלק מחיי היום יום .הצורך
לעיר המסייע בגיבוש זהותה האורבאנית ,אלמנט הכניסה מתוכנן כמרחב משחקים ייחודי עבור תושביה הצעירים של העיר .מרחב משחקים אשר
במרחבים ציבוריים שכאלה גדל ברחבי המדינה וימשיך לגדול,
ישלב מגוון מתקני משחקים עבור גילאים שונים ויכלול גם פעילות אתגרית
במיוחד בערים כמו רמלה ,בהן צפוי גידול חד באוכלוסייה.
עבור בני נוער .אם כיום צומת הקרח מהווה נקודת מעבר בדרך למקום אחר, יהפוך אלמנט הכניסה את הצומת ואת המרחב הגובל בה למקום בזכות
הצעה:
עצמו .מקום בו יוכלו תושבי העיר לשהות ,לנוח ,לשחק ,לבלות ולהתפתח.
לחשיבה מחדש על המרחב הקיים בכניסה לעיר ,ותכנונו כמרחב המסייע בגיבוש זהותה האורבאנית של רמלה ,תוך
אלמנט הכניסה המוצע ,מתוכנן בהשראת ערכיה האורבניים של רמלה ההיסטורית ומהווה מרחב ציבורי פעיל לטובת
אלמנט הכניסה המוצע יסייע בגיבוש הזהות האורבנית של רמלה כעיר עם עבר מפואר ,הווה שוקק ועתיד מבטיח.
למידה מעברה והדגמה של ערכיה האורבאניים.
אוכלוסיית רמלה כולה ,בדגש על אוכלוסיית הילדים והנוער
משהו על המרחב האורבאני שלפניו .תחרות זו הינה הזדמנות
// Concept Development - integrating Past Present and Future
צילום אויר של רמלה מ1932 -
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ת דרומית
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Ramla Entrance
.1רחבת משחק מרכזית רחבת משחק מרכזית ומגלשהלילדים קטנים ופעוטות ,כולל ארגז חול ומגלשה מתקנים לילדים קטנים ופעוטות ,כולל ארגז.2חולמתקנים .3מתקני שעשועים ומשחק למתחילים מתקני שעשועים ומשחק למתחילים .4מתקני משחק וטיפוס אתגריים מתקני משחק וטיפוס אתגריים .5מגדל מגדל טיפוס טיפוס // North Elevation
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// Cross-Section
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רחוב הרצל
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// Site plan
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// Garden Level
Yad Lebanim
// Yad Lebanim - Ramat Yishay / Competition entry in collaboration with : Moshe Fluhr and Lee Davidson Lehrer / 2012 "Yad Lebanim" (Fallen Sons' Commemoration) memorial homes are a building typology unique to modern Israeli architecture. These programmatic hybrids, teaming a military memorial hall with a civic community center reflect a constant dualism in Israeli Society, struggling to exist between the extremes of past and present, war and peace, sacred and profane. Ramat Yishay, a community in the north of Israel is experiencing a shortage of parks, gardens and open public space. The 2.5 hectare site situated in the entrance to Ramat Yishay, gives the opportunity to answer the communities needs, while creating a building that emblemizes local values. Within this context, it seemed wasteful to construct an isolated monument. Rather, it was decided that the entire site shall be developed as a municipal park, not merely incorporating the Yad Lebanim home, but blending it into the park-scape, thus blurring distinctions between indoors and outdoors, building and landscape, sacred and profane... The result is a flexible, multi functional complex, combining a park with a library, educational facilities, a municipal assembly courtyard and a rooftop promenade. The variety of complementary public spaces offered, permits the occurrence of both organized and spontaneous events of different scales, from urban assemblies to friendly encounters. The interior spaces can be combined or divided, while the complex itself can function in various capacities, with the different buildings functioning independently. Building materials are simple, affordable and robust. The rooftop is planted with local plant varieties that demand little to no maintenance and irrigation.
// Concept Development
A. Current Situation An unused lot in a town in desperate need of public space
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B. Landscape / Infrastructure Leveling the ground towards the upper street level, thus allowing pedestrian access and connecting the site to the urban fabric + 3.50
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Yad Lebanim
// Concept Development - integrating and creating variety
C. Open compound The open-centralized arrangement confines a large gathering area, while allowing free access to the compound.
E. The Living Roof The green roof gives the building climatic benefits and more then makes up for the built-upon park area.
+ D. Memory Walls Carrying both symbolic and structural values, these central load bearing walls serve as a monument to the fallen.
F. Amphitheatre / Promenade Terracing the roof. Doubles its urban benefits.
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Yad Lebanim
// Roof Level
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1. Roof entrance level 2. Open staircase 3. Promenade / Seating area for community gatherings 4. Promenade / Standing area for community gatherings 5. Living roof 6. Park entrance
Yad Lebanim
// Garden Level
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Yad Lebanim
// View from the site’s northern border
Yad Lebanim
// View from within the courtyard
Yad Lebanim
// View of southwest entrance
Yad Lebanim
// Functional Flexibility
// Ground floor plan, Scale 1:400
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Literary Perspective
// Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial competition entry/ In collaboration with Lothan Architects / 2010 The most important legacy left to us by the holocaust is the worship of life. Throughout history, the Jewish people, also known as "people of the book", have recognized the acquisition and the passing on of knowledge as the lifeblood of Jewish culture. In our proposal, we allude to this central attribute of Judaism, The Jewish Bookshelf, which represents layers upon layers of Jewish contribution to human culture, and accumulates to what is in essence Jewish life. The bookshelf, a series of glass slabs placed between the board walk and the ocean, create a highly visible memorial without obstructing the boardwalk's ocean sightlines. Great Jewish contributions, from the Bible through the Talmud and the Mishna, to Spinoza, Kafka Einstein, and many others, are planned to be inscribed upon the glass slabs. Crematorium chimneys are of the most striking visual memories left from the holocaust, offering only a grim, upward perspective for the millions incinerated in the crematoria. We decided to flip the chimney on its side, creating a pathway through the "Bookshelf of Life", from the boardwalk, heading towards what is the site's horizon, the ocean. This way, memory may convey a prospective view of the future.
// Conceptual scheme
PAST MEMORY
PRESENT LIFE
FUTURE PROSPECTIVE VIEW
Literary Perspective
// View from west
Literary Perspective
// Section through boardwalk and memorial, Scale 1:200
Literary Perspective
// View from Atlantic City Boardwalk
Literary Perspective
// Section through boardwalk and memorial, Scale 1:200
Literary Perspective
// Interior of memorial + closeup of inscriptions upon the glass slabs
// Birdseye view from southwest
Panoramic Terminal
// Agamon Hakhula Visitor Center / Conpetition in collaboration with Lothan Architects / 2010 / Finalist
// Panoramic Teminal - Points of Reference and Inspiration
Agamon Hakhula, a man made lake in the Khula valley in the north of Israel, is one the most highly regarded bird watching sites in the world. This Geographically unique nature reserve, is also home to many species of animals and plants. As the number of annual visitors rises incramentally, the site operators decided they need a new visitors center. The competition brief asked for a 1200 sq. meter, multi-use building, that could be expanded to 3000 sq. meters. Our project sees the visitors center as a “Panoramic Terminal” (see diagram on the right) that will be flexible enough to accomodate varrying amounts of visitors in all weather conditions. The visitors center must also be finacially self-sufficient, environmentally sustainable, and above all complete and enhance the visitors’ experience in the Khula reserve. We achieved this by folding the typical terminal typology, thus creating multiple circulatory options through the open space displays and enclosed spaces specified in the competition brief. However, we recognized the fact that this building can only enhance the visitor experience and can by no means surpass the nature reserve and become the main attraction. Therefore the Panoramic Terminal typology offers visitors a constent visual connection with the surrounding vista.
A. The visitor center as a terminal, bridging day-to-day life with the nature reserve.
B. The visitor center as a terminal, for thousands of migrating birds.
C. The geographical context of the Khula Valley. A unique, bowl-like part of the Great Rift Valley. The competition site, allows a panoramic view of the entire valley.
Panoramic Terminal
// Panoramic Teminal - Concept development
// Competition site - Development strategy
A. Standard Teminal - linear circulation, access to outside views is attained only at the terminal’s end.
A. Building Position and Orientaion Providing visitors with maximum physical and visual access to the nature rreserve. B. Keeping the existing shed Ideally positioned for use as vehicle storage. C. Efficient road infastructure Providing good access with a minimal footprint. D. Freeing up most of the site Allowing flexibility in future development. E. Natural theme park Enhancing and complementing the visitor experience in the Hakhula Nature Reserve.
B. Folding - changes the linear circulation, diversifies and expands visitors’ access to outside views.
C. Panoramic Terminal - provides different visitors with a wide variety of circulatory options and continuous access to outside views.
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// Formation
Stage 1: Recognition of the facade’s significant directions
Inner oval formed by circular shape of the visitors center is used as a courtyard, creating a micro-climate effect.
Stage 2: Locaing the entries and exits.
Main entrance / exit Supplies
Entry from reserve / sight-seeing vehicle dropoff
Exit towards reserve / sight-seeing vehicle pickup
Panoramic Terminal
// Formation
Stage 3: Locating the “enclosed” and the “open space” programs listed in the competition brief.
Stage 4: Placing the roof garden / observatory
Bridge like gallery, permitting continuous circulation between the interior and the outdoors roof garden
Auditorium Shop Tickets and Information “Mini-Hakhula” display “Bird-Migration” display
Birdseye view of the “Mini-Hakhula” display
Stairwell asn elevator pier WC
Stairs to upper floor
Info-cafe and restaurant Roof garden ramp
The roof garden - serves as an educational park and as an observatory
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// Ground floor plan, Scale 1:500
// Views of the visitors center
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9. WC 10. Shop 11. Multi-use Auditorium
View of the roof top garden and birdwatching observatory
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// Multiple circulatory options The visitors center must no only offer different visitors a diverse experience, but also function in different weather scenarios, and at times, efficiently accomodate massive crowds of tourists. To this end, the Panoramic Terminal offers multiple circulatory options offering flexibility to both site operators and visitors. Quick entry/exit
Interior excursion
Evening performances
Courtyard as a destination
The full experience
Roof garden / observatory
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// View of the inner courtyard
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// Section, Scale 1:500
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// Expansion Strategy One of the main prerequisites of the competition brief was that a building expansion strategy be concieved, allowing the expansion of the visitors center from 1200 sq. meters up to 3000 sq. meters. Our expansion strategy focused on retainig the building’s original concept throughout the different stages of expansion. As in the original brief, we offered two different types of building expansion, An expansion of open space (up to 800 additional sq. meters), and an expansion of enclosed spaces (up to 1000 additional sq. meters). Initial building
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Panoramic Terminal
// View of the main entrance
Panoramic Terminal
// Interior view of the visitors center
Long-term Bicycle Parking Stations
// Graduation project / Sustainability Studio Involving the Department of industrial design / 2009 Encouraging cycle transport in cities, by creating “connectors” between the bicycle lane network and various urban facilities. The call for sustainable transportation has brought the rise of vast networks of bicycle lanes in cities all around the world. However, these networks are not properly connected with the wide range of public and private facilities and functions within cities. As a result, private cars still dominate cities worldwide, city dwellers cannot take full advantage of what the city can offer, and city life remains unsustainable. Long-term (over 2 hours) bicycle parking stations can serve as such "connectors", and also as multi-purpose urban facilities, thus encouraging not only bicycle transport but also various urban activities and sustainable city life as a whole. However, for this to work on an urban scale there is a need for many such connectors to be placed in a variety of urban scenarios around the city. No one building-type can properly address such a wide variety of urban situations. Therefore, the project is planned as a kit of prefabricated parts, made of recyclable off-the-shelf components. The various parking stations are planned as different combinations of the parts in this kit. Each station is constructed according to the programmatic demands and physical constraints of its site. The cornerstone of this kit is the structural parking column, which serves not only as a vertical parking device, but also as structural support for various multi-purpose facilities. The vertical parking ensures safety and visibility and a very small footprint, while giving the parked bicycles an iconic presence above the streetscape.
// The Need- connecting different urban facilities and functions with cycle transport.
// The Sollution- long-term, multi-purpose bicycle parking stations.
Long-term Bicycle Parking Stations
// A kit of prefabricated parts A thorough preliminary research process of exsiting bicycle parking sollutions, revealed that there is no one building typology or parking mechanism that is adequately fits the multitude of urban scenarios in need of such parking sollutions. Therefore, the project is planned as a kit of prefabricated parts, made of recyclable off-the-shelf components. All components are to be small enough to fit inside a standerd shipping container. These parts will be put together on site using simple bolts. // Sustainable advantages Fast, clean, and accurate construction - Consumes less energy in transport and produces up to 90% less waste than conventional construction techniques. Modular Flexibility - Makes production more efficient and allows quick assembly and disassembly. Bike stations can be enlarged, reduced, or moved according to needs.
// A kit of prefabricated parts - Just a few examples of the different parts designed for the kit:
// Structural parking columns - The kit’s corner stone. Allows great flexibility in implementation.
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// Structural parking columns simple counterweight manual parking apparatuses provide easy to use, safe parking. the use of vertical parking provides for a minute footprint, while iconically placing the bicycle above the street, thus drawing attention to cycling transportation. furthermore, the columns also serve as structural support for the various multipurpose applications.
The Basic Parking column (1+2) is highly customizable, providing structural support for a variety of different extensions (3) . Additional side supports can be added in order to deal with the added loads (3+4).
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// Structural parking columns - Staggered Arrangement Standard bicycle parking layouts can place bicycles within 75 cm. of each other. By using a staggered layout (moving every second parking column 20 cm.inward) a line of parking columns not only fits more bicycles, but also gains in structural rigidity. standard layout
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// Structural parking columns - User scenario 4. lock the frame to the lever. 5. push the bike up as high as possible. 6. push down on the handle attached to the counterweight until it locks in place.
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// Showers station - parking station for dense urban areas combined with shower/toilet unit: for those who want to cycle to the city but don’t have a safe place to park or a place to shower. the raised shower unit allows privacy in the showers, keeps the solar water heaters exposed to sunlight and keeps the station’s footprint to a minimum, while creating a shaded rest area. Includes 13 parking columns, shower unit, lockers and gray-water treatment unit.
Long-term Bicycle Parking Stations
// Showers station - exploded view showing use of kit parts.
Long-term Bicycle Parking Stations
// Kiosk station - kiosk station - 13 parked bicycles + kiosk + urban lounge
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// Double sided station - room for 34 parked bicycles + maintanance unit
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// metro station - kiosk station - 21 parked bicycles + showers unit + urban lounge
Long-term Bicycle Parking Stations
// Double sided station - exploded view showing use of kit parts.
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// YGA Architects / Project Architect / 2008 Sustainable facade design for a classic example of 1960’s “Brutalist” Israeli architecture Situated in the heart of Tel-Aviv’s CBD, this classic example of 1960’s Brutalist Israeli architecture has been neglected over many years. In view of the building’s current state, the occupying company wished to revamp its facade in a way that would give the building a contemporary iconic presence, while also making the building more sustainable. The proposed reskinning places structural glass uprights of different depths and opacities between the floor slabs. The uprights function both as facade structure and as a shading system, protecting the building from the harsh afternoon sun. The windows are placed perpendicular to the uprights, either inside or outside of them, according to the amount of direct sunlight. I took part in all project stages, from concept development and design to drafting, modeling, rendering and graphic design.
// Existing condition of Begin 74 - view from north
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facade division according to direct sunlight levels
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Rosh Pina
// Agamon Hakhula Visitor Center / Competition entry in collaboration with Lothan Architects / 2011 The small Gallilean town of Rosh Pina is of important significance in the recent history of northern Israel. Founded in the 1860’s, The historical core of Rosh Pina, dubbed the “Restoration site” is now a somewhat derelict historical gem. The Local Council decided to Kickstart a process of rejuvenation by comissioning a visitors center, to be situated in the valley bellow the historical site. The competition brief asked for a 750sq. meter, multi-use building that would include not only a multi-use visitors center, but also a small museum. As a meens of connecting the visitors center with the historical site situated 18m. above, the council asked to add a diagonal elevator alongside the visitors center. We chose to view the visitors center as a vertical gate to the historical site (A). Therefore we decided to combine the visitors center and the climb to the top (B). By dispersing the visitors center’s functions along an ascending path (C), we were able to create a wide variety of “ways to the top”, catering to different types of visitors and offering the center’s operators great flexibility. Alongside the requested diagonal elevator, seen by us as the express route, our building proposed several slow and elaborate routes upwards (D). By staggering the floor slabs (E), we integrated the building with the slope and created large terraces, thus shading the glass facades and connecting the interior spaces with views of the area (F). Most importantly, the “Ascending Visitors Center” creates a unique visitor experience, immersed within the natural setting and proving that the journey is as important as the destination.
// Concept Development - Visitors center as an ascending path
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// Concept Development - integrating and creating variety
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By staggering its edges , the visitors center becomes a three dimensional path climbing the slope towards the historical site.
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The visitors center thus integrates within the slope, offering vast green terraces an a variety of ascent approaches.
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// Plans, Scale 1:500 Ground floor +0.00m (300 sq. m.)
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1. Romainia Jewery commemoration hall 2. multi-use theatre 3. iagonal elevator-second floor station
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// View from access road
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// View from 1st floor terrace
Urban Bustan
// Installation in Jerusalem / In collaboration with architects Lee Davidson and Lothan Arch. / 2010 The project brief called for an urban installation in Safra Square. This large, limestone clad square in the middle of the municipal building complex, remains bare and unused throughout almost all of the year. This is due mostly to its large scale and to its lack of rest areas and shade. In order to counter these problems, while offering the rather “soul-less” square a new, more inviting identity, the Urban Bustan was concieved. A Bustan is a traditional garden of fruit-bearing trees, commonly used for rest and relaxation. The installation, a series of eight parabolic wire-mesh shelters, covers 17% of the square. The shelters were developed as sustainable and economic lightweight structures. The shelters use climbing plants as there main building material, thus producing a natural shading effect within only three months. The climbing species were chosen for their adptation to the local climate as well as for their speed of growth. This “living” installation offers visitors a different sensual experience every season, and during the different hours of the day. The shelters have been strategically placed within the square’s existing modulation, in order to divide the square into a more intimate, every day scale, while maintaining the square’s capability to hold large-scale events.
// Single shelter, exploded scheme large, hight adjustable planter, acts as the weight that stretches the wire-mesh.
8.10m. lightweight structure with a very small footprint, tailored to the square’s existing modulation.
parabolic wire-mesh for the climbing plants to grow on.
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// Night view from within Safra Square
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// Plan of Safra Square with installation, Scale 1:350
Urban Bustan
// Birdseye view of Safra Square
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// Design Principal 1: creating rest areas and points of interaction within the barren square.
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// Design Principal 2: contemporary interpretation of traditional methods for shading and sheltering
1. trees provide ideal outdoor shade and shelter. however, it takes 10 years for a tree to reach its full hight, while it takes only 3 months for the climbing plants to cover a shelter of comprable dimensions.
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2. traditional local architecture uses the mashrabiya as a shading device for facades, allowing free passage of air. the urban bustan shelters impliment this traditionallly two dimensional technique in three dimensional space.
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preserving the square’s exsisting qualities while broadening possible uses of public space. allowing for both traditional events and new events to take place.
multi-focal events (such as book fairs)
large scale events (using stage)
streetball tournaments
sukkah arrangements (free-standing and supported)
offering safra square a unique, inviting identity throughout both day and night.
Hudson st. Hotel
// YGA Architects / Project Architect / 2008 Boutique hotel on a small lot at the corner of Hudson and Canal in NYC. The brief called for a small boutique hotel with over 50 rooms. The client’s wish for highly differentiated rooms, each offering a unique visitor experience, together with the small lot, and NYC building code demands, meant that an unconventional sollution was needed. Eventually, three different options were proposed, each offering a different sollution. I was responsible for, concept development, design, drafting, and modeling of all three options.
// Schematic sections of the three propose options.
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// Building site at the corner of Hudson and Canal
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// option 2: PATIOS Floor slabs have different setbacks, creating private patios for each floor. A unique indoor/outdoor experience for each floor.
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// option 1: CUBES Independent boxes on each floor slab serve as rooms, giving each room unique views and atmosphere. The entire building is enveloped in a an external skin, permitting greater climatic control.
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// option 1: CUBES
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// option 3: DIAMOND The buildings overall shape is dictated by NYC setback rules while seams in the facade respond to city views. The ground floor atrium extends all the way up to the roof terrace.
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// option 3: DIAMOND