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THEMES may include: |
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Urban Sustainability - Including also landsacpe design. |
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Social
Sustainability - Serving/benefiting a local community. |
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New
Building Sustainability - Towards a zero emissions energy-autonomous
building. |
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Existing
Building Sustainability - Upgrade, Reuse and Expansion. |
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Design
Sustainability - Combining Design & Building, and
Design & light hands-on construction (design-build). |
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WORKSHOPS:
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W1
: Marta Pozo Gil, Architect |
MVRDV, Holland & Ohad
Yehieli, Architect
| Tel Aviv University School of Architecture, Israel
& Sharon Cheshnovsky, Architect, Israel
THEME:
WORKSHOP FULLY
BOOKED - DO NOT CHOOSE
Marta Pozo Gil is
an architect and licensed BREEAM assessor. She has been
working with MVRDV since 2007 where, in addition to
her role as a Project Leader, Marta leads MVRDV's Sustainability
Department. By forming environmental strategies and
energy-efficiency guidelines for each design process,
Marta ensures a high standard is maintained for all
of MVRDV's projects.
Marta has been involved in the conceptualizing and execution
of projects of various scales. She is currently leading
the design team for Montecorvo Eco City in Logrono,
Spain. Marta is also working on a dense urban masterplan
in Bordeaux, France - an ambitious "eco-quartier" where
all energy consumed by the masterplan will be produced
on-site. Marta has received degrees from Universidad
Politecnica de Valencia, Spain (2001) and TU Berlin,
Germany (2004). She regularly lectures and has won several
awards.
www.mvrdv.nl
Ohad Yehieli is an architect living and working in Tel
Aviv Jaffa, and leading a design studio at the Tel Aviv
University's School of Architecture from which he graduated
in 2000. The architectural office, Ohad Yehieli Architects
(OYA) is involved with numerous projects in a variety
of uses, housing, private residence, commerce and industry.
After dealing with the Narrowest House in Tel Aviv Jaffa,
barely 3.65 m in width, the firm is happy to be involved
and intrigued by the design of projects of challenging
conditions. www.oya.co.il
Sharon Cheshnovsky is a practicing architect living
and working in Tel Aviv. She is a graduate of the Tel
Aviv University's School of Architecture (2000). Currently
she is a Team Leader at M-Y-S Architects where she is
leading large scale projects such as Grand Mall Varna
(2010) and Residential Towers in Tbilisi Georgia. Sharon's
interest in green buildings and social architecture
has led to the design and establishment of an ecological
health Clinique in the Bedouin village Vadi Al naam
(2003). Between 2005 and 2007 she taught at Bezalael
Academy of Arts Architecture department guiding design
studio.
The workshop is made possible thanks to the cooperation
with the Tel Aviv Municipality City Engineer's Office.
Workshop
location: ZEZEZE Architectural Gallery, Port of
Tel Aviv. map
Workshop theme: Covering Ayalon Highway, Tel Aviv.
Workshop Consultants: Municipality of Tel
Aviv, City Engineer's Office.
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W2
: Maciej Siuda Architect | Devebere, Poland &
Dan
Price, Architect
| PPY Architects & TAU Azrieli School of Architecture,
Israel & Galia
Hanoch-Roe Landscape
Architect | Israel
THEME: WORKSHOP
OPEN
Devebere is a project that came out of a collaboration
of two architects Maciej Siuda and Rodrigo Garcia in 2011.
Their last design, an experimental pavilion made of garbage
and air by people, awarded by the French institute of
architecture, is going to be presented during the Biennale
of Architecture in Venice 2012.
Maciej Siuda graduated with honors from the Faculty of
Architecture at Wroclaw University of Technology in 2008.
His diploma, XYZ Structure, was awarded in a number of
international and national competitions. From 2005 to
2007 he studied at the Faculty of Architecture at University
of Technology in Valencia and made an internship at the
SQArquitectos office (Valencia), and later in other offices
in Madrid, Tokyo and Alicante. Since 2011 he has been
developing his independent work, collaborating with various
architects and designers form Spain, Poland and Japan.
Co- creator of the international workshop of architecture
and urbanism: IWAU. Since 2011 he teaches design at the
Swietokrzyska University of Technology and developing
videogames graphic design for the Foundation of Neurorehabilitation
in Valencia. www.devebere.com
Dan Price is a practicing architect
living in Tel Aviv. He began his studies in Johannesburg
and graduated from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
As partner with Ada Karmi-Melamed, Dan price worked on
numerous public and private projects of various scales:
from the new Ben Gurion airport to private houses. For
the past eight years Dan has taught design at the Azrieli
School of Architecture at Tel Aviv University as well
as a course on the appropriate use of materials and construction
detailing. He has just completed a Masters degree in Environmental
Studies through the Porter School at the Tel Aviv University
focusing his research on the design of sustainable neighborhoods..
Recently he published a book, co-authored with Ada Karmi-Melamede
presenting a critical analysis of architecture in Palestine-Israel
during the British mandate (1918-1947). www.ppy-architects.com
Galia Hanoch-Roe is a graduate of the Landscape aAchitecture
program of Rutgers University, and a graduate of Masters
and Doctorate of Musical Arts from Yale University and
CUNY graduate school. Practiced landscape architecture
at Looney Ricks Kiss, Princeton, NJ and "Tichnun Nof"
Israel. Galia has studied Permaculture and Sustainable
Design in Mexico, US and Israel - specializing on urban
agro-ecology, ecological buildings, water treatment, agricultural
methods, food production and soil treatment. Galia participated
in the "Ministers Project" - a joint project of the Ministry
of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection,
leading the process with 12 agricultural educational farms
in Tel Aviv and Center Israel, to design and build educational
areas in the farms and establish programs on sustainability
for students. Galia has taught at the University of Haifa,
and currently teaches and lectures at different continuing
educational frameworks on sustainable design.
The workshop is made possible thanks to the cooperation
with the Tel Aviv Municipality City Engineer's Office.
Workshop location: Municipality of Tel Aviv, Engineering
Dept. Sderot Ben Gurion 68, Tel Aviv. map
Workshop theme: Educational Installation for Children
on Rabin Square, Tel Aviv.
Workshop Consultants: Tel Aviv Municipality,
City Engineer's Office. |
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W3
: Byron
Stigge, Architect |
Level Agency for
Infrastructure, USA & Elias Messinas, Architect
| ECOWEEK & EcoAMA, Israel & Greece
THEME: WORKSHOP
FULLY
BOOKED - DO NOT CHOOSE
Byron is a Director at Level Agency
for Infrastructure. He leads the sustainable infrastructure
design, investment strategy and implementation services
at Level and is based in New York. Byron has focused his
design career on the study and practice of sustainable
development for the built environment. He has had the
opportunity to work around the world and at all scales
of design from single family homes to large commercial
buildings to city-scale infrastructure planning.
For the past 15 years, Byron has been designing sustainable
infrastructure plans for large scale development projects
predominantly in developing countries. At Level he engages
on energy and climate change planning, water and wastewater
management, public transportation planning, and waste
management. Level is a for-profit, mission-driven business
focused on creating urban developments which benefit urban
poor in developing countries by creating economic opportunities,
ecological preservation and social development through
innovative technologies and infrastructure design.
Byron is on the Board of Directors of the Institute for
Urban Design. He has lectured and taught at Harvard Graduate
School of Design, MIT, Yale, Washington University in
St. Louis and Columbia University. He earned an undergraduate
dual degree from Washington University in St. Louis in
civil engineering and architecture, a Master of Building
Technology from MIT and a Master of Design Studies in
Environmental Planning from Harvard.
levelinfrastructure.com
Byron's participation to ECOWEEK
is made possible thanks to the support of the Order of
St. Lazarus.
Elias Messinas is an architect and
environmental consultant. He holds a Masters from Yale
School of Architecture, a B.Des. on Environmental Design
from Bezalel Academy and a doctorate from the National
Technical University of Athens. He also attended an M.Sc.
on Environment and Development at NTUA. He has been practicing
Architecture since 1998 primarily in Greece and Israel,
but also in Cyprus and the US. He has taught Architecture
and Design at Yale College, Athens, College, Technion
Institute of Technology and Holon Institute of Technology.
He is the author of two books on the History and Architecture
of the Synagogues of Greece, and is the editor of the
ECOWEEK catalogue published in 2012. He has published
and lectured widely on Architecture and Design. He is
the founding chairman and cooridnator of ECOWEEK, which
he initiated in 2005. www.ecoama.com
The workshop is hosted at the Scottish Guesthouse in Jerusalem,
with the kind hospitality of the Church of Scotland, and
the cooperation of the Municipality of Jerusalem and Shorouq
Association. Special thanks to Arie Rahamimov Architects.
Workshop location: Scottish
Guesthouse, Jerusalem.
Workshop theme: Sustainable Pilgrimage Route in Azaryia
(Bethany), West Bank.
Workshop Consultants: Jerusalem Municipality.
Shrouq Association. Yoel Siegel of URBIS Jerusalem. |
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W4 :
Ruth
Lahav, Architect
| D. Eytan / R. Lahav - Rigg Architects & Town Planners,
Israel &
Noa Maliar, Architect, Israel
THEME: WORKSHOP
FULLY BOOKED - DO NOT CHOOSE
Ruth Lahav is a graduate of the
Faculty of Architecture, Technion, Haifa. Practiced
in London for several years. Lectures at the Bezalel
Academy (Jerusalem), and is senior lecturer at the Technion
and Shenkar College. During 1980-2003 worked together
with architect Tony Rigg, and in 2003 established R.
Lahav - Rigg Architects in Tel Aviv. Together with arch.
Rigg managed the architecture and energy workgroup of
the UIA during 2000 - 2009. Winner of numerous competitions
and awards (jointly and separately), lectured widely
in Israel and abroad. Ruth's work has been widely published,
dealing with climate-oriented construction from theory
to practice. Ruth's projects include residential and
public buildings, offices, managed care facilities,
and urban plans.
Noa Maliar is an American-Israeli architect currently
living in Tel-Aviv. Projects range in scales from modular
furniture and high-end private residences to award winning
multi-story buildings in the US with innovative curtain
wall and sustainable technologies. Holding a Master's
of Architecture since 2004 from the Graduate School
of Design at Harvard University, and a B.Arch from 2001,
Noa has participated in international workshops and
spearheaded architectural studios both in Israel and
abroad. Notably, she was key architect in the design
of a Platinum LEED certified High-end Residential Tower
in Manhattan as part of the PCPA design team.
The workshop is made possible thanks to the cooperation
with the Port of Tel Aviv (Otzar Mifalei Yam) and the
ZEZEZE Architectural Gallery.
Workshop location: ZEZEZE Architectural Gallery,
Port of Tel Aviv. map
Workshop theme: Design of the internal pedestrian
and vehicular axis of the port of Tel Aviv, and it connection
to the main promenade, the city and the sea front.
Workshop Consultants: Port of Tel Aviv (Otzar
Mifalei Yam). Udi Kassif and Ganit Mayslits Architects.
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W5:
Uri Gilad , Architect |
office_winhov, Holland & Switzerland & Mati
Kones, Architect | Ecotectura, Israel
THEME:
WORKSHOP
FULLY
BOOKED - DO NOT CHOOSE
Uri Gilad studied at HIT, IL and the Academy of Architecture
Amsterdam where he graduated with honors under the personal
guidance of Prof. Herman Hertzberger. He gained his professional
experience while working for Herman Hertzberger and Wingender
Hovenier Architecten. During this time he was involved
in designing residential and public projects and leading
international competitions. In 2010 he joined Wingender
Hovenier Architecten as an associate architect. Since
2013 Uri is a partner at office_winhov, Amsterdam. Uri
teaches at the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam. Since
January 2010 he has been an assistant professor, at the
Amsterdam School of Arts on the research project Tectonics
in contemporary Brick Architecture. Uri divides his time
between Amsterdam and Zurich where he is involved in several
projects. One of his current projects is the winning entry
for the project Freilager Albisrieden in Zurich, which
is a large residential development with 270 apartments
under the highest sustainable Swiss standards - Minergie
-p- eco.
office_winhov is engaged with the sustainable developments
of the European city under the notion that a good building
should last a long time. Durable, usable buildings that
are firmly anchored in their surroundings are what office_winhov
is all about. In 2011 office_winhov won the international
Fritz Hoger Prize for 'Sustainable housing' with the project
in Nieuwkoop, Netherlands. The office is currently developing
an International study about, 'Energy efficiency requirements
and housing typology' for the BNA (Royal Institute of
Dutch Architects). In 2012 the office was invited to participate
in the 13th architecture Biennale in Venice, Common Ground.
www.winhov.nl
Mati Kones, one of the pioneers in passive solar Architecture
in Israel, is the 2012 recipient of the International
Cook Prize for lifelong achievement in Sustainable Architecture
from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and
the 1994 recipient of the prize from the Council for a
Beautiful Israel. Mati holds a Diploma of Architecture
from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece,
a M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning with specialization
in ecological issues from the Technion Institute of Technology,
Israel, and was a researcher in the Institute for Desert
Research in Sde Boker researching Desert and Solar Architecture
with Architects Moshe Safdie, B. Givoni, and Arieh Rachamimof.
He was also a visiting research associate at Carnegie-Mellon
University (USA) on Urban renewal and Energy Conservation.
Mati's practice includes projects in different scales
and climatic locations, and more than 100 energy-efficiency
retrofits of existing houses. He teaches at Sapir College
in Sderot.
The workshop is made possible thanks to the cooperation
with the Tel Aviv Municipality City Engineer's Office.
Workshop location: Municipality of Tel Aviv, Engineering
Dept. Sderot Ben Gurion 68, Tel Aviv. map
Workshop theme: The rehabilitation of the Sipolux
building on East Tel Aviv - the new headquarters of the
'green' organizations in Tel Aviv.
Workshop Consultants: Tel Aviv Municipality,
City Engineer's Office. |
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W6
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Yael
Helfman Cohen & Dr. Daphne Haim Langford |
Founders, Israel
THEME:
WORKSHOP OPEN
Biomimicry
Organization, Israel Biomimicry is a multi-discipline
that promotes learning and emulating nature's forms, processes
and ecosystems to create more sustainable human technologies
and design. The meaning of the word Biomimicry is "imitating
life" (Bio=life; mimic=imitate). Biomimicry is the science
of emulating nature's best biological ideas to solve human
problems in many fields including design and architecture.
Bio-materials, technologies, and structures are emulating
nature's process and models. www.biomimicry.org.il
Yael Helfman Cohen is a co-founder and general manager
of the Israeli Biomimicry Organization, a registered non-profit
organization that promotes inventive learning and imitation
from nature for sustainable technological designs and
applications. Yael holds a M.Sc. degree in management
science from the Recanati School of Business Administration,
Tel Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
& Management from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Yael is currently a Ph.D candidate in her final stages
in the field of biomimetic design (Tel Aviv University).
Dr. Daphne Haim Langford is a co-founder and chairperson
of the Israeli Biomimicry Organization and VP Business
Development at Xenia Venture Capital leading the life
science practice. Daphne has over 15 years of managerial
experience. Daphne has been involved in medical device
entrepreneurship and specializes in fundraising, strategic
planning, marketing, distribution, reimbursement, and
product management in the medical device industry. Prior
to joining Xenia, Daphne was VP Business Development &
Marketing at Medingo. Prior to that, she was General Manager
with PerAssist, and Product Manager for Carmel Biosensor.
Daphne holds a Ph.D degree in Biotechnology from the Technion
- Israel institute of technology.
The workshop is made possible thanks to the cooperation
with the Tel Aviv Municipality City Engineer's Office.
Workshop
location: Municipality of Tel Aviv, Engineering Dept.
Sderot Ben Gurion 68, Tel Aviv. map
Workshop theme: Design of the edges of South Park
in Tel Aviv based on the principles of biomimicry.
Workshop Consultants: Tel Aviv Municipality,
City Engineer's Office. |
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ECOWEEK 2013
MIDDLE EAST Workshop Consultants
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Udi Cassif, Architect | Mayslits
Kassif Architects, Israel
Udi Kassif graduate of the AA School of Architecture in
London, following studies in Vienna and Jerusalem. He
founded award winning firm Mayslits Kassif Architects
together with Ganit Mayslits Kassif in Tel Aviv in 1994,
following a six years period in London where he worked
with Raoul Bunschoten and John Pawson. Teaches at the
Technion in Haifa, Acma Master Course in Milan, School
of Architecture in Malaga and others. www.mkarchitects.com |
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Yoel Siegel, PhD | Community
Building in a Global Society, Israel
Dr. Siegel was born in Newton, Mass. and has been living
in Israel since 1975. Dr. Siegel received his PhD from
the University of Sussex in England. In Safed, he worked
as a community center branch director and then as Project
Renewal director. In 1982 he worked for the JDC as area
head of community development and then went on to establish
the Center for Local Economic Development for the Union
of Local Authorities. Since 1992, Dr. Siegel has been
working as a private consultant and project manager in
the field of community development. His specialization
is local development linking social dynamics with urban/rural
economic advancement. He is currently involved in a variety
of projects, including coordinating the Jerusalem regional
ecosystem management initiative "URBIS", international
development projects in Africa and the Pacific Islands,
public private ventures for developing industrial parks,
Arab - Jewish partnerships for economic development, community-based
employment services for rural communities in Israel, strategic
development plans for regional municipalities, and developing
community development tools for welfare departments. |
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2013 MIDDLE EAST Workshops
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GREEN
BUILDINGS
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Download: PDF guidelines on green
buildings
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More guidelines on green buildings
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PDF Design with Intent: 101 patterns for influencing
behavior through design
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PDF Guidelines on 'green' building design (Ministry
of Environment)
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PDF Guidelines on passive solar design (Sde Boker)
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PDF Israeli Standard 5281 for 'green' buildings
Download: PDF guidelines on green
buildings
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More guidelines on green buildings
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CLIMATE
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Beersheva:
EPW Energy
Plus file
Jerusalem: EPW Energy
Plus file
Tel Aviv: EPW Energy
Plus file
Beersheva: Download:
EXCEL Environmental Assessment tool
Jerusalem:
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EXCEL Environmental Assessment tool
Tel Aviv: Download:
EXCEL Environmental Assessment tool
Environmental Assessment tool by Zelda Elalouf (ECOWEEK
2010)
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