Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance: The Ari Kushner Building
A bespoke new building for the world-renowned and international Academy of performing arts that enhances the interaction and cross-fertilization between different disciplines that are housed in the institution
Program Music and Dance Academy
Client Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance (JAMD)
Location Jerusalem, Israel
Appointment 2012
Status Completed
Completion 2022
Size 2,500 sq. meters
Project Architect Ayelet Kamar-Erez, Martin Neiman, Rany Mahameed
Creative Director Keshet Rosenblum
Team Smadar Efrati, Ido Aziz, Isam Qaymari, Omer Gura, Gal Kelman, Liat Halbersberg, Ofer Bilik, Philip Stiebler, Dana Lieber
Collaborators HWKN Architecture
A new addition to the reputable Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, the building will serve as an Advanced Inter Arts Center. While the existing campus lacked a proper performance space or a stage of any kind, the new building designed by HQ Architects and Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) will provide the Academy with adequate premises to fulfill its role.
The building is arranged around a central double space connecting the different rooms and spaces, providing the infrastructure and conditions for the interchange between different fields of dance and music, which is vital to the academy. The facilities include a music recital hall of 115 seats, a dance studio, jazz and improvised music studio of 90 seats, a vocal and opera studio of 60 places, and 14 practice and teaching chambers.
The building’s high-end facilities together with the dynamic shared spaces, form the magic of the Academy; a sense of creativity happening all around.
