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Curiosity |Architecture of Israel # 105 | May 2016 | page english
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רחל בן-אהרון rachel ben aharon -
Photography Exhibition at the Herzliya Artist
Gallery presents the theme of weddings
under the critical title: “What is too painful
to remember, we simply choose to forget”,
by artists: Ya’ara Oren, Dor Gez, Elisheva
Levy, Or Menirom and Natasha Kroana.
Opening: Saturday, 21/5 / 16 at 20:00.
Closing: Saturday at 02/07/16.
“Family”, an exhibition by artists from Kfar
Saba, has been exhibited at the ZOA gallery
at Beit Zionei America. Focusing on the
subject of adoption, the exhibition was the
initiative of the Psifas Israeli Fund.
Curator: Doron Pollack.
project of the month
The Path Terminal has been inaugurated in
Manhattan. Designed by Santiago Calatrava
the lice-comb-like station, located at the
southern end of the Wedge of Lights Plaza,
connects to the open spaces reaching the
City Hall on one side, and Battery Park near
the Hudson on the other side.
students verging on architecture
Iftah Gazit, a third-year student of industrial
design at Bezalel, started his studies at the
age of 30 following a long military service.
“The most important lesson I learned at
home was not to accept things as they are,
not settle for the obvious and that aesthetics
is not everything”.
Students at the Industrial Design department
of the Ariel Technological College, were
asked to design a manual tool inspired by
an animal. The aim of this unusual request
was to encourage research as an important
factor of creative design. Among the most
interesting tools: a hand rake inspired by
a peacock; scissors inspired by a raccoon,
and a hammer inspired by an oryx.
books
A recently published book describing the
work of architect Yaacov Yaar is the first in a
series titled “Testimony”, aiming at passing
on the architectural heritage of those who
greatly influenced the local scene.
That's it for now, please write to me!
Rachel
curiosity
a mistake, sorry
A photo showing Rakefet School in Kiryat
Bialik, published in issue 104, was taken by
Amit Haas, who indeed deserves credit! By
the way, including names of photographer
and designer in the image's name could
prevent mistakes, aggravation and
melancholy.
awards & competitions
Moti Sasson, Mayor of Holon and Hannah
Hertzman, Director General of the
municipality, have been declared Notables
of the Architects Association for their
consistent encouragement of architecture
and architects.
The Goodovitch Prize was awarded to a
research study dealing with the history of
Israeli architecture from the beginning of
the settlement in the mid19th century to the
present day. Architect Israel Goodovitch said
he was sick of seeing imported architecture.
And he is right, Miri Regev thinks so too,
but no one understands that when she yells
“hands”, she is actually referring to manual
labor.
events
Architect Zaha Hadid, has died at the age of
65 following a heart attack. The thousands
of references throughout the world usually
mention that she was the first woman to win
the Pritzker Prize, but the truth is that she
was the first woman of architecture, period.
Three years ago, she sent us material about
the Galaxy SOHO Center in Beijing.
Our immediate response was that the
gigantic office complex was merely a
multiple reproduction of Foster’s London
City Hall. However, a deeper observation
revealed that to produce something of
this magnitude requires big balls, and not
the end of the world if it included those of
Foster’s, and possibly of Ram Koolhaas,
for whom she worked as a beginner. In
any case, her main contribution lay in
computerized architecture, and she did it
big-time, even if the majority of her projects,
interesting as they may be, are merely
environmental sculptures whose form
controls their content.
A section of the research department of the
Faculty of Architecture at the Technion is
returning to the historic building in Hadar,
Haifa. The return to the city has mainly
educational meaning since it creates a
symbolic connection to the city, where the
faculty was founded as a crucial part of the
Technion in 1925, at a time when symmetry
was still a supreme value, until someone
decided to move it in 1993 to Neve
Sha’anan. By the way, a similar incident
occurred at Bezalel, when the importance of
the urban context was understood and the
school of architecture was returned to the
historic building on Bezalel Street.
The Design Department of the Faculty of
Arts at Seminar Hakibbutzim College held its
third annual design conference titled Adults
Games. The topic gave various lecturers
an opportunity to examine the significance
of play and its impact on our professional,
social and ideological lives.
Master-Plan-1 to replace 300 national
outline plans has been approved. The main
sufferer will be the waterfront second line,
where construction will be almost freely
permitted. I am not sure that corruption was
involved, but in a political reality whereby all
and sundry take a bite out of the coalition
cake ... who knows. Culture certainly won’t
come out of it.
exhibitions
A display at the Zezeze Architecture Gallery
at the Tel Aviv Port, The exhibition, Story of a
Place, will show Malka Architects' work, from
May 19th. Established in 2000 by Meirav
and Eyal Malka, graduates of Wizo, Haifa,
the office has gained several awards. Eyal
Malka, who teaches at the Technion, raises
questions concerning the link between the
academic world, culture, and space.
The exhibition, AGame of Chairs, presented
at the WIZOAcademic Center gallery, Haifa,
focused on chairs designed by 36 leading
designers.
Things Were Never Told - a poster exhibition
designed by Iranian graphic designers
in the last 40 years will be shown at the
Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem.
About 60 posters, designed as part of the
resistance to prohibitions and restrictions on
freedom of expression under the Ayatollah
regime, reflect the history of Persian culture,
including the development of writing, from
traditional calligraphy to contemporary
digital fonts. 05/19/16 - 19/11/2016.
Curators: Yossi Lamel, and Marta
Sylvestrová, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech
Republic.