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Midbarium, The Jack, Joseph & Morton Mandell Animal Park / Asaf Lerman

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0000

A. Lerman Architects presents the MIDBARIUM, an exceptional park dedicated to fostering environmental awareness on the desert outskirts ('MIDBAR' = DESERT) of Be'er Sheva. Its open spaces, thoughtfully crafted, replicate various natural elements and display the region's diverse wildlife. A multi-disciplinary team of experts from Israel and abroad collaborated on the project with A. Lerman Architects is responsible for the architectural design. Local traditions inform the entrance roof structure design of desert inhabitants. Cast in raw concrete, it resembles a tent structure covering 1,800 square meters and welcoming visitors into a cool, shaded space. This structure was designed in close partnership with construction engineer Rafi Bat, known for his work on Beer Sheva's most iconic brutalist architecture from the 1960s: City Hall and The University Library.

Contemporary Art Gallery / Asaf Lerman

Hana Abdel — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Set in a former print factory at the southern end of Tel Aviv, this intervention within an existing industrial building explores the boundaries and potentials of re-use as a design brief. The building on 117 Herzl Street was a mediocre architectural product in the positive sense of the word. It had other qualities too, being practical, average, unremarkable, generic, and faded.

Theodor Herzl Center / Asaf Lerman

Hana Abdel — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000

In a beachside residential area of Herzliya, TEO (the Theodor Herzl Center for Culture, Art and Content) comes into view as a distinct single storey building, eminently lower than the neighborhood’s enclosed private mansions. The freestanding TEO opens up a wide panorama toward the west—the horizon over the ocean—thus rupturing the visual and social narrative of walled luxury villas this area of Herzliya is known for. The insertion of a fully exposed public cultural center as an event in the surrounding urban-scape was key to the design strategy.

Israel Museum / James Carpenter Design Associates + Efrat Kowalsky Architects + Asaf Lerman

Javier Gaete — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

James Carpenter Design Associates led the reorganization, expansion and new construction of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, while Efrat-Kowalsky Architects was responsible for the renovation of the museum’s existing buildings. The expansion involves new construction (~95,000 sq. ft.), the reorganization of visitor circulation, Entrance Pavilions and a Gallery Entrance Pavilion improving visitor accessibility. The renovation of the existing museum galleries comprise of ~100,000 sq. ft. The particular quality of light in Jerusalem, a product of longitude and latitude, climate, geography and topography, is unique. We believe that integral to the experience of place, is the experience of light and, in view of its cultural history, the particularities of light in Jerusalem is evidently powerful.

Greenhouse in Katzrin / Asaf Lerman

Andrew Rosenberg — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The exposed concrete structure for the high-tech green house in Katzerin is set in the midst of wild bush. The two stories building is overlooking the sea of Galilee allows for a moderate transformation from the edge of the industrial area into the untamed nature at it's front.