The Technion’s Entrance Gate / Schwartz Besnosoff Architects

Curated by María Francisca González

Architects: Schwartz Besnosoff Architects
Year: 2020
Structure: Rokach Ashkenazi Engineering Consultant
Construction: Rolider

Text description provided by the architects. The projects brief was to plan a new entrance gate to the Technion (I.I.T - Israel institute of technology) located in Haifa, Israel. A gate that will represent the Technion’s values of Excellence and Innovation and will ensure safe & controlled entry process. Our project links between two existing but disconnected promenades– the first arrives from the city (ends next to the gate) and the second departs near the entry gate inside the campus towards the campus historic center. The project offers a new interpretation to the idea of a “Gate” – not a brier or a separator but as a bridge that connects the city and the campus through a green promenade.