Tel Aviv Museum Of Art- Herta & Paul Amir Building

Client of Project:                               Tel Aviv Municipality, Tel Aviv Museum

Planning & Execution Period:            2005-2011

Architect:                                          Preston, Scott Cohen – Boston, USA

Description of the Project

Planning a new building for the Tel Aviv Museum, covering an area of ​​18,000 square meters, at a total cost of $ 45 million, including:

• Reinforced concrete Basement and waterproofing.
• Upper structure of heavy steel construction, with a total weight of 1,400 tons.
• Design of large Veerendel trusses up to 17 m. and openings of 38 m. inside the interior, without intermediate columns.
• The exterior walls are made of prefabricated concrete elements, which are erected of a secondary bearing steel structure.
• The design is done in 3D software to determine the operating forces, including wind forces and earthquakes.
• The facade elements are made of concrete plates and unique exposed concrete, 492 elements of different sizes from each other.