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1952–57 Josselson-Paradise
Student House, Rehavia,
Jerusalem

First prize in competition
(demolished)

Perspective drawing (from the The student house was built after the firm was awarded
competition entry), 1952 first prize in a competition initiated by the Israel Friends
of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1952 (in parallel,
1952 ,)‫פרספקטיבה (מתוך ההגשה לתחרות‬ Benjamin Idelson received first prize for the female student
dormitories). The original plan, a building designed
as a unified rectangular mass, was altered during the
development stages. Most significantly, the rectangular
uniformity was fragmented and the façade shaped in
a concave form. The joint connecting the two parts of
the building protrudes from the façade, and holds an
entrance hall with public services for students, including a
restaurant, kitchen and club.

An open pilotis level on the ground floor lends
the building its sense of lightness exacerbated by the
design of the building’s main façade, in which all three
stories present a network of balconies extracted from
the structure’s mass. In the initial years following its
construction the building also served for hosting tourists.
Lack of appropriate infrastructure (such as plumbing
facilities in the rooms) led to the decision to demolish
the building.

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