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The Mount Herzl Memorial Hall is a unique place of commemoration. It’s raison d’etre is to be a memorial for all the fallen soldiers of the country, and thus contains all their names.
It is a project of hope for peaceful times.
Set in a calm biblical scenery, but adjacent to the nowadays busy streets of Jerusalem, the space is isolated and quiet. It was excavated in the mountain to form an intimate space for both personal and collective experiences of commemoration. Above the hall, the mountain is reconstructed of curved topographies made of Jerusalem stone. An undulating funnel-shaped formation of bricks opens the excavated hall to the sky. Its irregular vortex shape floods the space with ever- changing natural light.
At the upper end of the roof, spaced stone slabs are designed to allow air flow and natural ventilation through the roof.
The names, engraved on stone bricks, form a long Wall of Names, which wraps around the funnel of light. Following a spiral ramp up the memorial, the wall is built of 23,000 stone bricks, each engraved with the name of a fallen soldier, his death date, and a light-candle to be lit every year on that date.
The design development of the funnel was done in consultation with the research team R.O.B. at the ETH, Zurich. It is constructed of uniform extruded Aluminium bricks, each CNC’d and marked to get it’s specific joints’ locations, to allow for the assembly on site of the irregular, unique structure.
Sustainability
The Memorial was planned as a monument, and as such, the design focused on creating a non-building that can function almost without any mechanical systems and be close to entirely sustainable.
There are no air-conditioning or electrical ventilation systems. Natural air flow creates excellent temperature conditions using the funnel shape to expel hot air out of the upper end of the roof through spaced stone slabs, thus creating air flow that ventilates the place.
There is zero use of electricity for day-light. Natural light enters through the oculus and is subtly filtered through the funnel of light, flooding the space with pleasant light.
Excavated in the mountain, the Memorial Hall obtains optimal thermal conditions. The structure’s thermal- mass, integrated within the earth, keeps a steady temperature. The exterior topography was cladded with light-colored Jerusalem stone, which protects the building from radiation.
Using local materials such as the Jerusalem-stone was a key element in the design process both for budget constraints and for sustainability reasons, aiming to integrate the building with the surrounding city of Jerusalem. It is intended to be unimposing from the exterior, and to echo the texture of the adjacent mountains and cemetery.
List of participating planners, contracting firms:
Architecture
Kimmel Eshkolot Architects (in collaboration with Kalush
Chechick Architects)
Architects in charge: Etan Kimmel, Limor Amrani
Photographer: Amit Geron
Client:
Ministry of Defence – families and
Commemoration Department
Structural engineering
Haim & Yehiel Steinberg Structural
Engineering
Construction manager
E.D. Rahat Engineering Coordination and Management Ltd.
Eliezer Rahat, Daniel Rahat
Design phase Manager and coordinator:
Eran Garber E.S.L Engineers
Contractor Firm:
Green Construction Ltd.
Lighting Design:
Amir Brenner Lighting Design
Light
Bell optimization
1. R/O/B
Technologies - ETH Zurich
2. IDF Merkava and Armored Vehicles Directorate
Aluminum bricks manufacturer:
BTI Metals Center Inc.
3D Molds manufacturer
XENOM
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获奖者Kimmel Eshkolot Arch
Kimmel Eshkolot Architects is an Israeli architecture practice, founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1986, by Etan Kimmel and Michal Kimmel Eshkolot. In their first years of practice, they were involved in the preservation and rehabilitation of Neve Tzedek, the historical neighborhood of Tel Aviv. In 1993 they were awarded the Rokach prize for architecture for their projects in Neve Zedek. In the same year Ilan Carmi joined the practice, and became associate in 1997. Kimmel Eshkolot is often invited to participate in short-list competitions. This has led to many projects and awards, such as the following: Davidson Museum, Jerusalem (1998) Beth Halochem in Beer Sheva (2002) Steinhardt Building in Tel Aviv University (2009) Ramot Campus in Beer Sheva (2010) Israeli government compound expansion, Jerusalem (2010) Netanya City Hall Tower (2011) Forum Exhibition Halls Building in the “Shuk Sitonay” project, Tel Aviv (2012) Check-Point Building in Tel Aviv University (2013) How we work: We strongly believe in team work and in a true dialogue both with our clients, and with different specialists, from the preliminary stages of the design. Our work involves digital and physical 3D modeling, rethinking the design throughout the process with iterations. As architects we have a great environmental responsibility, and thus sustainability is a key notion in our thinking. In each project we search for the hints and opportunities to generate the best project possible. We want the project to be true to its essence, rich in its complexity and yet simple. In this way we attempt to expand the meaning of our architecture, through the program and with our clients’ ambitions. Throughout the years they won several national competitions for the design of high-profile public projects, such as the new expansion of the government compound (“Kiryat Hamemshala”) in Jerusalem, the Davidson Museum in the Archaeological Park near the Western Wall and the Memorial Center for Israeli military casualties in Mount Herzl. In 2011 they won the Rechter Prize for Architecture, considered to be the most prestigious award for architecture in Israel. They received the award for the design of a rehabilitation center in Be’er Sheva, in the south of Israel. This project was also selected for project of the year in the international competition of the magazine Israeli Architecture. The practice is currently involved in dozens of projects in different scales, both in Israel and in Europe.
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