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1965–68
Lighting structures on the roof of
the lower halls, by a classroom and architects planned a center for the technical training of
administration building, 1968
,‫פתחי תאורה בגג האולמות התחתונים‬
1968 ,‫למרגלות בניין כיתות ו ִמנהלה‬
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Bezeq Secondary
Vocational School for
Postal Office Technicians,
Jerusalem
Today Azrieli College of Engineering
First prize in competition
With the participation of M. Zohar
Following their win of the 1965 competition, the
employees of the postal engineering services. The center
comprised three main units: a technical high school,
an adult education center and a boarding school. The
campus (7,300 m² built on a 24,000 m² plot) is located on
the eastern slope of Beit HaKerem neighborhood facing
the Hebrew University student dorms in Givat Ram.
A wide path functions as the backbone of the
campus. Along it are six double-story buildings (with
basement levels) around yards, accommodating 240
pupils. The path leads onto a large square, with the main
dining hall and communal sport facilities set on either
side. The school building, the heart of the institution, is
situated at the edge of the square – a large rectangular
mass rising five-stories high. Behind it are workshops
and labs, distinguished by their system of apertures that
let in natural light, topped by pyramid-shaped geometric
skylights. The campus buildings are arranged cleverly
on the plot’s sloped topography, forming a central public
space, levelled on an interweaving of the plot’s ground
and the rooftops of some of the wings.
The campus layout echoes the architecture
of the Israel Museum, where the building distribution
simulates the topography of local villages that seem to
glide down the hill – yet here the plan is more unified,
serial and conservative. Another source of influence