The Israeli architecture firm, A. Lerman Architects designed this High-Tech center in the Israeli settlement of Katzrin, located on the Golan Heights and overlooking the Sea of ​​Galilee, in 2009. The building is located on the edge of an industrial zone and seeks to generate a positive dialogue with the untamed nature that is in front of it.

The building was built with two-story concrete structure that rises above the ground to create the necessary space to house the required offices and laboratories and generate an interior courtyard where the vegetation emerges in a natural and wild way.
 
The building designed by A. Lerman Architects has two different entrances located at the two different heights of the project, thus generating as many independent spaces with opposite facades so that the center can be occupied by two different companies.

The central courtyard serves as a connecting link between the two spaces into which the high-tech center is divided in such a way that it is completely hidden inside the building and at the same time establishes itself as the heart of the complex. The entire building is executed with a very reduced budget without decreasing its quality.
 

Description of project by A. Lerman Architects

The exposed concrete structure for the high-tech green house in Katzerin is set in the midst of wild bush. The two stories building is overlooking the Sea of Galilee allows for a moderate transformation from the edge of the industrial area into the untamed nature at its front.
 
Two separate entrances – each one at a different level and opposite facade divides the building into two completely separate floors occupied by different companies. A central court yard connects the two floors by offering a hidden garden as the heart of the project. Despite the extreme low-budget ($700 per square meter) the careful design prevents the compromising of architectural qualities.

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Katzrin, Israel.
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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 the civic rights in face of the rapidly privatized world everyone lives in.

Their 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 the team to precisely design the effects of architecture over specific layers of the mapped context.

This unique working methodology has led A.Lerman architects, 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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Published on: April 29, 2021
Cite: "A hidden garden in Katzerin. Katzerin High-Tech Center by A. Lerman Architects" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/a-hidden-garden-katzerin-katzerin-high-tech-center-a-lerman-architects> ISSN 1139-6415
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