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Architects: Auerbach Halevy Architects
- Area: 1800 m²
- Year: 2020
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Photographs:Uzi Porat
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Lead Architects: Ori Rotem, Rittenberg
Located in the Negev desert with its yellowish limestone hills, the skyline of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Innovation Center is reminiscent of a Bedouin tent that are still present in this area. The juxtaposition of the town of Yeruham and the starkness of the Negev was one of the visual inspirations for the building's envelope and its interior colors. The poured in place architectural concrete roof is stretched and folded above and over the interior working and activity spaces to create a sheltered, well lit, comfortable interior environment. Fully glazed and shaded street-facing façade reinforces Mandel center's values of openness, inclusion, and transparency.
