Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library, Haifa University

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Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library at Haifa University

4 May 2021

Design: A.Lerman Architects Ltd.

Location: Haifa, Israel

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library Haifa University

Photos by Amit Geron

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library

The Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library project is an intervention project in one of the most iconic sites of modernist Israeli architecture – the Oscar Niemeyer planned campus of the University of Haifa.

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library Haifa University

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library Haifa University

The architecture competition asked for remodeling of existing library spaces and an addition to house office spaces, an auditorium, and new spaces for library collections.

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library Haifa University

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library Haifa University

The scheme aimed at extracting the original intentions of the campus while updating its weaker moments. That was achieved by placing the new building under an existing parking lot and creating a new open space between it and the existing library.

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This open space offers new connections between the two parts, and its unique proportions allow for the evaluation of the linear intensity of the original design. The material strategy is also meant to amplify the qualities of the original by using updated concrete techniques and placing central elements such as circular concrete stairs as an homage to Niemeyer and his always contemporary approach.

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Brasilia on Mount Carmel, Z. Elhyani, Harretz: “A building that is not an object, devoid of any obvious form and without any facades, sits dug in, hidden, visible only from up close. As such, the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, designed by architect Asaf Lerman, is an architectural statement that is diametrically opposed to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer’s monumental 1964 plan for the University of Haifa campus.

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Paradoxically, however, it is also a critical and intelligent architectural tribute that successfully takes on Niemeyer’s radical modernism, unlike the dozens of post-modernist structures that were heaped upon the campus through the years, irreversibly undermining its original qualities.”

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Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library in Haifa, Israel – Building Information

Design: A.Lerman Architects Ltd.

Client: Haifa university.
Size: New wing – 5,000 M2, Renovation – 3,000 M2
Location: Haifa, Israel
Principal architect: Asaf Lerman

Project architects; phase 1: Lev Konikov, phase 2: Nimrod Schenkelbach

About A.Lerman architects
A. Lerman Architects is situated in the south of Tel Aviv in a locksmith workshop turned into an architectural studio. The practice was established in 2006 by Asaf Lerman, an Architectural Association graduate. Their portfolio consists entirely of public projects & Asaf is a well-known spokesman for civic rights in face of the rapidly privatized world we all live in.

Younes & Sorarya Nazarian Library Haifa University

The team-style working methodology is based on a careful analysis of the site and the mapping of its various contexts. They view the design process as a system with parameters that need to be articulated and prioritized.

Once presented clearly, these parameters enable them to precisely design the effects of architecture over specific layers of the mapped context. This unique working methodology has led them, through architectural competitions, to design some of Israel’s most renowned public buildings. Central to their portfolio is a series of architectural interventions into iconic buildings in Israel aimed at a re-activation of their public interphase and modern promise

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Photography: Amit Geron

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