Museums
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world's leading art and archaeology museums. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistory to the present day, in its Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Jewish Art and Life Wings, and features the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world. The Museum is really a campus of integrated pavilions and gardens covering approximately 80 dunam (20 acre).
In the past 10 years the Firm has provided project management services for the renovation, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and new construction, including; integration, coordination and supervision of the construction Audio visual production, display content, graphics, way-finding, and visual productions for the following components:
The Shrine of the Book is the home of several exceptional archaeological finds: the Dead Sea Scrolls and other rare ancient manuscripts. The dome covers a structure which is two-thirds below the ground, and is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. The striking juxtaposition of the white dome and black basalt wall, precise and opposing geometrical shapes, creates a monumental effect and contributes an extraordinary phenomenon in the Israeli landscape.
After 40 years and with time, the building deteriorated and the specialized temperature control systems fell into disrepair. The original building designed in 1965 by Bartos & Kiesler required major repairs, and in 2003 a complete reconstruction project was initiated. This involved extensive work on both the building structure and the exhibition / display component. Reconstruction included removing and reinstalling the white stones on the dome and the dark granite dedication wall. Except for the basic structure of the building, the facility was entirely re-built. The different display areas of the pavilion, were re-designed, re-constructed and new display cabinets with state-of-the-art electro mechanical systems were installed.
| Client: | Israel Museum |
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| Location: | Jerusalem |
| Architect / Interior: | Original – A. Bartos & F. Kiesler |
| Architect: | Reconstruction – Nahum Meltzer |
| Display Designer: | Rahel Lev |
| Budget: | $7M – 28M shekels |
| Completion: | 2006 |
The Pavilion Information and Study Center known as the "Dorot" Complex, is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, and is essentially equivalent to the ancient scriptorium in which generations of Jewish sages composed and inscribed the nation's canonical texts. This is brought to life with films "A Human Sanctuary" and "Rebirth, and skillfully connects the open area featuring a large scaled model of the Second Temple (archaeologists interpretation of late Herodian period, before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE), to the Shrine of the Book and the main repository of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Firm initiated the plan to integrate, coordinate and supervise the construction Audio visual production, display content, graphics, way-finding, visual production of the complex.
| Client: | Israel Museum |
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| Location: | Jerusalem |
| Architect: | Nahum Meltzer |
| Budget: | $5M – 20M shekels |
| Completion: | 2006 |
An integral component of the $100M renewal project is the complete reconstruction and reinstallation of the Museum's Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeology Wing. The new gallery plan enables visitors to navigate intuitively through the Museum's encyclopedic collections, following the timeline of material culture from prehistory in the ancient Near East to contemporary art worldwide.
The challenge was to modernize the gallery spaces, within the award winning original building designed by Architect A. Mansfield. Work included, planning coordination, management and supervision of reconstruction and refurbishing of the structure and integration of new state-of-the-art building systems and display technologies. In this context, the Firm coordinated local and international architects and designers and created a specialized engineering team. The refurbishing required the careful integration of 500 new displays designed and constructed to the highest standard in Italy. In total, the display features include many thousands of historically unique artifacts.
| Client: | Israel Museum |
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| Location: | Jerusalem, Givat Ram |
| Architect / Interiors: | Original - Mansfield & Gad |
| Architect: | Renovation – Efrat-Kowalsky |
| Size: | 5,000 m² |
| Budget: | $20M – 80M shekels |
| Completion: | July 2010 |
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