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1989–2004 Buildings at the Technion,
Israel Institute of
Technology, Haifa
Faculty House, 1989-96 (stage 2: Forchheimer Guest
House, 2001-03); Samuel Neaman Institute for National
Policy Research and Butler Auditorium, 1993-95;
Administration Center and Staff Club, 2000-04
Forchheimr Guest House on the In planning the Faculty House, the architects sought to
roof of the Faculty House, 2001-03: follow the Technion’s main boulevard and enrich it with
plan and façade segment a side wall that differentiated the building from others
בית הארחה ע"ש פורשהיימר על גג מועדון nearby, which until that time were built at a certain
תוכנית וקטע חזית:2001-03 ,הסגל distance from the boulevard itself. Indentations in the
central mass of the square building block created a
p. 132: A yard between the Faculty formation of straight, curved and diagonal lines. On
House and the Samuel Neaman a round yard at the center of the structure stands the
Institute, 1996 square building of the faculty cafeteria. The yard is
חצר בין מועדון הסגל:132 'עמ surrounded with rooms for meeting and reading, an
1996 ,ומוסד שמואל נאמן auditorium, a kitchen and a balcony facing the main
boulevard. A few years after its completion, the architects
were asked to add two floors to the building for the
Forchheimer Guest House which contains 18 rooms.
The Samuel Neaman Institute was planned in
proximity to the Faculty House and in a similar spirit,
with offices and research rooms. The two buildings are
connected by covered passageways and a yard used
for events and receptions. The yard echoes the visual
language of both buildings, with a network of decorative
pyramid shaped pergolas made from perforated tin.
The Administration Center and Staff Club, the
third and last building the firm designed at the Technion,
was built on an existing wing that was used by a
seminary (midrasha) for Torah studies. It is designed as a
long block of office rooms containing the old wing. At the
request of the heads of the seminary, which continues to
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