The original college, with its aged infrastructure, is located in Haifa’s bay, a high-demand area, which the State had wished to clear out in order to expand Haifa’s port. Future construction plans in the area, in addition to the IAF’s intention to modernize its training and instruction organization, catalyzed the decision to move the college to the south, as part of the IDF’s general move to the Negev region.

Establishing a modern college for the training of ground crews, adjacent to the training center for air crews, which will attract quality personnel to the IAF’s technical teams, that form the backbone of the corps. The college will provide the adequate framework for all training needs of the corps, which has always promoted excellence and technological progress.

The design draws inspiration from the site’s local history, combining contemporary elements which correspond with the technological character of the corps, and together create a zero-energy, modern campus, with the most advanced infrastructure, and which will be a source of pride to the IAF and in particular its technological cadre.

The college’s design is inspired by the site where it will be built, which is located on the ancient Nabataean Incense Trade Route, one of the primary trading routes in the ancient world. The desert surroundings, ancient stone structure, together with the route of the ancient copper mining and trading route, inspired the college’s ultra-modern design. Additionally, we incorporated repetitive, formal elements that echo the gradual transformation which trainees undergo from young adolescents first arriving at the college’s gate to excelling professional-technological soldiers.

Throughout the college’s design process we made use of the most up-to-date tools and methodologies in the field. Architects worked in a full BIM environment, fully realizing the method’s advantages, while also defining a work plan that takes into account future construction and maintenance phases. Moreover, the entire college was laid out as a zero-energy pedestrian site, implementing the principles of green building.

The different structures were planned in a north-south orientation, which provides the optimal climate conditions. As a result, the structures’ layout is diagonal to both streets and avenues. The combination of both networks create a dynamic of openness and closeness, deep vantage points towards the space in between the different structures, and a multifaceted lining, which taken together invoke visual interest along the width and length of the campus.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev initiated the planning of a convention center that will become one of the highlights of the new Northern Campus. The building will serve as a center for conferences, lectures, events and art exhibitions. As part of an open architectural competition, in which about 85 design firms participated, our proposal reached the third and final stage of the competition and won second place.

The dominant aspect of the structure is the meeting experience, which we used as a core principle for the planning concept of the convention center. Based on this concept, we created a variety of different meeting spaces in the building, from central halls, through spacious gathering lobbies to intimate corners in the inner courtyard that all together make up the center’s multi-faceted meeting arena. The design concept draws inspiration from the traditional Khan (caravanserai) typology and produces a local and innovative interpretation of gathering around an inner courtyard in a desert climate.

The building was designed as two masses surrounding an inner courtyard, each with their own main meeting point. The outdoor gathering square is partially covered by the building above and interacts with the street and the pedestrian avenue from where the entrance to the Ben Gurion University campus is located. The building is designed using a variety of planning tools, such as the analysis of the sun and wind directions, to maximize energy efficiency and create pleasant climatic meeting spaces.

The establishment of the new neighborhood Or Yam, together with the growth of Or Akiva’s population in recent years, emphasized the need for an immediate solution to the lack of a post-primary education institution and a more general need to provide a comprehensive educational support layer for all ages.

Establishing an educational complex of the highest standards, which will be a source of pride for the city’s residents and will furthermore attract pupils from affluent neighboring towns such as Cesarea.

The complex includes a pre-school cluster composed of 3 classrooms, an elementary school- 24 classrooms, high-school- 42 classrooms, and sports and recreational hall, and is located adjacent to an open public area to the east and an ecological lake to the west.

The different schools will be constructed in stages.

Throughout the complex we designed an internal “street”, which connects to the neighborhood’s peripheral cycling lanes, and links existing neighborhoods with the new neighborhood. The school and the sports hall will be located each on one side of the “street”.

The pre-schools are designed as one-story buildings but with the necessary installments to facilitate further expansion when necessary. They will be located at the front of the complex, adjacent to the parking lot.

The elementary school is two-stories high and includes an administration building and three buildings designed for classrooms.

The arts and sciences high-school is an innovative structure, including many expansive multi-purpose spaces designed for versatile learning requirements, knowledge centers, conference and recreational areas. The structure includes a two-stories administration building and two education wings- three-stories houses divided according to grade. The yard can be accessed by the two bottom levels. The administration building is designed as a bridge that connects between the school’s two structures.

The N training campus is a project to relocate the training facilities of a classified unit.

This project is an A-to-Z BIM architectural project, the 1st of its kind in the Israeli Ministry of Defense history.  Our responsibility also included the management of the entire consultants team and the integration of all the various systems throughout the project phases.

The project includes 20 public buildings that were designed with an intention to concentrate under one roof the entire formal education array of the unit, as well as to preserve and formalize professional knowledge accumulated over the past several decades. The project’s main challenge was planning specialized learning spaces, while maintaining discreteness as to what is taking place inside them

The central training structure is located at the heart of the training campus and includes three floors:

The ground floor hosts two informal classrooms, where trainees can choose to either study in an open space environment (lounge) or in personal media cubicles.

Professional instruction space for particular technologies is also included in the ground floor. This space can contain large mechanized equipment, which can be used and operated as part of the lesson plan and can be approached and seen by staff and trainees alike. Furthermore, the ground floorhouses additional equipment and learning aids, telecommunication rooms and support units.

The first and second floors are split to classrooms of different sizes. The larger classrooms are used as versatile spaces intended for general sessions attended by a large group of trainees. The classrooms can be divided and modified using mechanical and acoustic devices, and can be expanded as needed. The other classrooms are content and function- specific, supporting a wide array of training modules and curricula.

The teaching methodology, seating arrangements and general spatial organization changes from classroom to classroom, and were planned together with the client in order to understand the various practices. Several classrooms were installed with external observation spaces, which enable the training staff to observe the lesson without interrupting it. These classrooms have separate entrances and were given special acoustic treatment in order to maximize the observation process.

The interior was designed to let in plenty of natural light, yet, at the same time, was equipped with advanced shading systems in order to prevent direct sunlight as well as to conceal the interior from external observers.

The construction method allowed the training space to be organized with large openings, omitting visual clutter in all parts of the classroom. The sheltered areas were integrated with the training array, enabling the training routine to continue also during emergencies.

The design facilitates different telecommunication routes to every area, where needed.  Some classrooms have desks with embedded computer screens that are connected directly to the communications’ grid and can be extended out at any time.

The passages between the classrooms and floors accommodate spacious and pleasant interaction, lounge and waiting areas. Each floor has a kitchenette, sitting corners, and an exit to a balcony overlooking the main square. Natural lighting is maintained in these passages as well

Following a government decision to evacuate and mobilize the majority of IDF bases in central Israel to the southern region, and thus vacating expensive real estate in high-demand areas.

Concentrating all IDF general training units in one base while modernizing and streamlining the IDF’s training organization generating catalysis for accelerated regional development in Israel’s south.

The proposed plan was submitted upon the request of Shikun & Binui Ltd. as part of the DBOT tender, which drew all of Israel’s leading construction firms to compete.

The design is based on the principles of the master plan prepared for the training complex. It took into consideration the separation required between different training units on one hand, and on the other hand the need for shared spaces accommodating common functions, in order to construct an efficient and usable complex.

A ring road system for motorized transportation and supplies was designed surrounding the complex, including roundabouts and an internal pedestrian routes system that will connect between the different functionalities, and eliminating possible collisions between the two systems. Moreover, we took into account the limited time trainees have during their coursework and thus optimized walking distances throughout the complex as much as we could.

All throughout the design process we took under consideration  the desert climate and as a result placed the structures and general layout accordingly.

Eventually, our proposal reached 2nd place and another proposal was chosen due to commercial considerations.

We proposed our plan for the new layout of the School of Architecture at Tel-Aviv University as part of an open competition for architects.

The concept for the structure is the division of the space into teaching and learning areas alongside presentation and practical workshops.

Due to the specific plot selected for the project and the need to integrate it as a gateway building to the campus, the structure was initially designed in the shape of an inverted “L”. However, this created some difficulty when applying the program, considering height restrictions. The attempt to overcome this challenge, in addition to wanting to provide interesting POVs from both the campus and the street, eventually led us to conceive of the structure’s unusual shape and form.

The central library at Bar-Ilan university is an older building, designed by the architect Arieh El-Hanani and inaugurated in 1967.

The scope of the project required the complete renovation of the building’s interior, focusing primarily on the ground floor where most of the library’s activities take place.

Adjusting an iconic building, chosen for preservation, to meet the standards of the 21st century, and upgrading it without compromising its original design and spirit.

Throughout the design process we met frequently with the library’s staff in order to better understand their needs and implement them accordingly in our design.

The process raised many difficulties that challenged our imagination and creativity and which had prompted us to come up with clever design solutions that will not overshadow or interfere with the splendor of the existing building.

An example for such a challenge would be the ventilation channels in the ground floor. The ground floor is made up of constructive concrete beams, along its width and length, 2.6 m tall, which posed a challenge for the treatment of the ventilation channels. Our solution was to create a new layout for the channels, while maintaining a high ceiling so that a sense of a broad and expansive space would be maintained. This layout required the construction of lower plaster fixtures, along the outline of the ceiling’s parameter, which will not affect that ceiling’s height throughout most of the space, thus creating a height illusion along the space’s depth.

The campus answers the educational and recreational needs of east Netanya’s population, which is home to more than 50,000 residents.

The site includes Sefi Rivlin Community Center, a multipurpose 350-seats auditorium and an education campus with 48 classrooms, divided among two schools – an elementary (primary) school and middle school.

The vision emphasizes an inviting and pleasant design, combining colorful elements, friendly visuality and blocks shaped in interesting forms. Additionally, in order to accommodate future changes in learning methods, the design is flexible to any necessary amendments.

In a distinctly urban neighborhood, this public site stands out in its unique construction, distinguishing itself from other buildings around it.

The construction plan spans the area between Tom Lantos Street to the west, which is the north-south backbone of the Ha’sharon Campus, and the Netanya Academic College to the east.

Along this axis, a square shared by the college and middle school was constructed, which also acts as the students’ drop-off and pick-up area and as an entrance point to the shared parking lot of the middle school and community center. An internal north-south axis connects to this square that is meant to link between the residents of the southern neighborhoods to their neighbors in the north.

The design was carried out following the principles of sustainable construction and in a climate-centric manner, which emphasizes the placement of the site’s building’s in a north to south orientation, natural lighting, natural airing, energy preservation, etc.

The education campus was planned and executed in several stages. The group of buildings was designed in a way that allowed their intended activities to functionally integrate with one another according to their opening times (the community center makes use of the classrooms and parking area, while the school uses the auditorium and activity spaces).

The construction plan of the campus included a strip dedicated to physical activity, which is composed of two sports halls located in the southern and northern edges of the strip and two integrated sports fields located between them. This strip spans the area between the two schools and creates a large, shared area between them.

The school’s overall structure emulates a “mini city”, whereas one can find a clear division between the city’s main square and main activity space (whether internal or external) and which supports various “public institutions” for the use of all students such as the library, administration rooms, teaching laboratories, etc. The “street” is the passageways between the different buildings, and the “home”, is the group of classrooms/grade buildings.

The design results in a clear orientation and sense of direction, and contributes to evoking a feeling of security and safety among the students of all ages, which spend most of their day on campus.

The design of the campus’s different buildings supports a common architectural language and makes use of uniform construction materials: white stone/bright plaster, HPL panels and light tin rooftops. The brighter materials are placed as “frames” while the darker materials act as fillings. The aluminium finishing is in blue-green tones, emulating the sea, which Netanya sits by.

Upgrading the simulation facilities used by navy sailors and officers will elevate the training and instruction quality of the Israeli Navy’s operational arrays thus saving on precious sea training hours.

Constructing an outstanding training and simulation building that will bring together, under one roof, the various advanced technologies and methodologies used today for training all operational cadres of the Israeli Navy.

The morphology of the structure communicates with the sharp lines of the advanced naval vessels in use today, in addition to the design of the different levels and elevations, which together fulfill an ambitious architectural program. The program’s complete implementation required full synchronization between different advanced technological systems, unique construction requirements for each space, and a variety of end-users, which work either together or apart from one another. Full implementation of our hallmark BIM methodology, starting from the project’s early stages, ensured an efficient use of the various spaces while meeting the challenging technological and programmatic demands.

Following the development of the north-eastern side of the campus, the need for a new entrance to this particular area was felt. The new entrance will improve the university’s accessibility and orientation system by redirecting university-goers from walking through the entire campus before reaching this area.

Constructing a new entrance gate, which will express the university’s special spirit, a national-Jewish university; a gate that will embody the institution’s unique symbolism.

Gate no. 10 is Bar-Ilan University’s main entrance gate to the north-east area of the campus. The gate complex is constructed from three segments: two are small and partially transparent structures, which house all security and control functionalities and are populated 24/7. The third segment is the large roof that covers the entire complex and which allows comfortable control over the traffic of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists throughout the year and different weather conditions.

The roof itself is constructed from two interconnecting triangles, which together create a spatial interpretation of the Star of David, symbolizing Bar-Ilan’s a national-Jewish university, while the transparency of the security structures symbolized the transparency and academic freedom that characterize the institution’s ethos.

The finishing materials used for this project are mainly HPL with a light concrete tone, glass and stone.

The construction is currently at its early stages.