The newly launched Bezalel Academy's Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus designed by SANAA in collaboration with HQ Architects is featured in the Times of Israel. The 42,000 m² building is now ready to welcome its students and faculty in the new premises, which include among others various workshop spaces, an auditorium, a library, as well as public spaces such as cafeteria and 4 galleries spaces.
Erez Ella from Tel Aviv-based HQ Architects, the local architects involved in overseeing the delivery of the plans, described how the team developed an alternative to replace the use of stone on external surfaces, as required for all Jerusalem buildings. “We created a special concrete for this project that combined cement with Jerusalem stone aggregates. This means that the concrete throughout the building shares a color palette with the stone-faced buildings, merging into the Jerusalem landscape, without compromising on modernist style,” explained Ella.
