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Moshe Gil (left) with fellow
students, the Technion, Haifa,
early 1960s
‫משה גיל (משמאל) בעת לימודיו בחברת‬
,‫ חיפה‬,‫ הטכניון‬,‫סטודנטים לאדריכלות‬
60‫ראשית שנות ה־‬

preparation course for the Technion at the old building
of Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, and was then
admitted to architecture studies at the Technion.”

The Technion’s Architecture Department, which
Gil joined as a student in 1959, was different, both in
the makeup of the teaching staff and in the curriculum,
from the institution in which his future partners had
studied a decade and a half earlier: “The novelty in the
studies at that time was the awareness to climate led
by architect Aviah Hashimshoni. He reiterated the fact
that we are living in the East; that there is an excess
of sun and light, and a need to take natural ventilation
into account.” The renowned artist Yitzhak Danziger
was another enchanting figure. Gil recalls a lesson in
which he was exposed to Danziger’s unique form of
teaching. “No one understood anything in his class.
He was like a rabbi spinning riddles. He gave a lesson
at the carpentry workshop: brought in a massive block
of wood, knocked on it, showing us its durability, and
told us to bring it back to him supple by the end of the
semester.” Among the veteran teachers Al Mansfeld’s
influence was still felt, and it was he who exposed
Gil to the subjects of graphic design, light and shade
relations, color and composition.

Upon graduation in 1964, Gil joined the
architecture practice of Ora and Yaakov Yaar, who were
then planning the Eli Cohen neighborhood in Kfar Saba.

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