Architects Paint - Zadok Sherman אדריכלות ישראלית Architecture of Israel #129 May 2022 | | 94 Zadok Sherman arrived in Israel in 1949, the son of Holocaust survivors. In 1962, he began studying at the Faculty of Architecture at Technion in Haifa in the Academic Reserve (Atuda) Program. Upon graduation in 1967, he returned to military service as a planning officer, later to become head of military camp construction for the Israel Defense Forces. In this role he designed numerous army bases with the emphasis on high technological complexity. After the Yom Kippur War, Sherman joined a company of engineers to establish the Comprehensive Architectural Design firm. In 1981 he founded a new firm together with architect Shmuel Potash, and after they split in 2006 he established, together with his son, architect Moshe Sherman, his own architectural firm - Sherman Architectur and programming Ltd. - where he continues to work today. Zadok Sherman was a member of various regulatory committees and chairman of the Architects Chamber within the Israel Association of Engineers and Architects. I choose to open our chat with a quote from your Facebook page: "Creativity is a promising value, but creativity based on knowledge and experience, even more." Does it have anything to do with your talent for painting? "I have painted since I was in fourth grade. In the 1950s I participated in a fouryear drawing course at Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Over the years I created in various mediums such as watercolor, oil and sketching. My paintings always include three-dimensional figures, but in the space between are abstract stains, especially in compositions in which figurative black and white bodies are decorated with dominant color stains. How does that relate to your architecture? While painting also allows me to fantasize on abstract ideas, my architecture is accurate and analytical. Through my painting ability I try to bridge the functional context of the project with the artistic effect. This is usually generated by blocks of structure that penetrate each other, allegedly at random. Does this also include reference to the increase in regulation that assails us in recent years - the consultants, with all the constraints, and now the attempt to teach us architecture through green building consultants. It is clear that our professional knowledge must be wider than that of any consultant...the question is, can we live without them? "I wouldn't say that our knowledge is greater in all subjects, so I wouldn't give up on any of them. Over the years, I learned that professional knowledge is powerful, but it is like in an orchestra where the conductor doesn't need to know how to play on each instrument, yet his duty is to get the best harmony out of them. "During my architectural career I was influenced by David Reznik and Renzo Piano. From them I learned that an architect who breaks out of the weapons of knowledge, and turns every issue to consultants will never achieve a quality result. I see in every complex issue an opportunity to reveal something new. architects paint zadok sherman - the academic reserve Rachel Ben Aharon Yet, it is difficult to ignore the fact that overregulation in our lives in general, actually obstructs in particular the profession of architecture that aspires to creative freedom.... where do you think we went wrong? "I think that coping with over-regulation requires us to give up on the great significance of our accumulated traditional knowledge. But coping with the regulations requires consultants who specialize in a particular field. Architects must comprehend all facets, in order to know how to separate the important from the trivial. Unfortunately, various bodies, particularly in the public sector, have recently preferred to invite comprehensive planning from engineers, in the best case, or a 'project manager', in the worst case. Does the problem lie within our professional association and representative bodies? "I think the problem lies precisely in the architects themselves. Anyone who gives up his honor, his honor gives up on him! Collaborations and knowledge that works beautifully in other scientific areas may also work harmoniously in architecture. The role of our representative bodies is to ensure beyond any doubt that whoever conducts the orchestra is an architect and not one of the musicians. When you ask an architect what is your best project, he usually answers "my next one." I'll make it easier for you ... What is the latest project you have accomplished? "The David Lopatie Institute of Comparative Medicine at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot. The building was designed to provide an effective response to the system of laboratories and innovative research spaces in the field of life sciences and medicine. Naturally, the structure was designed in reference to existing construction, while creating functional connection with the adjacent building for clinical pre-study.
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