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1979–83 Neiman Library of Exact
Sciences and Engineering,
Tel Aviv University

Roof plan, 1979 With the expansion of the Tel Aviv University campus in
1979 ,‫תוכנית גגות‬ the 1980s, various faculties decided to erect professional
libraries in addition to the central library. The Exact
p. 184: The entrance square viewed Sciences and Engineering Library was the first to be built,
from the west, 1983 and was funded by six different donors. At their request,
‫ רחבת הכניסה במבט‬:184 '‫עמ‬ the building was planned as a composite of six different
1983 ,‫ממערב‬ units with each donation indicated in an independent
manner.

The library building is 6,000 m², and it
accommodates 350 readers. Each of the six wings, which
are organized around an internal central core, is shaped
in a double-story terraced formation facing the central
space, and connects the library’s different users via gaze
relations. The double-height spaces are emphasized
with round light fixtures that hang from the hall ceilings
and soften the building’s strict and diagonal lines. The
ceiling of the main central space is covered with custom-
made acoustic perforated tin planks in white and yellow
– providing touches of color in a building based on a
combination of white mortar and bare concrete.

On the building’s façade, the areas around the
window openings are covered with horizontal concrete
slabs that were molded in plywood forms and painted
white. The rest of the area comprises bare concrete
planks laid in a vertical corduroy pattern. This serves
to break the sunrays and lends the building its unique
appearance (a similar combination was used in the

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