TEO Center for Culture, Art and Content

A. Lerman Architects
16. September 2020
Photo: Nimrod Levy (All images courtesy of v2com)
Project: TEO Center for Culture, Art and Content, 2019
Location: Herzliya, Israel
Client: Herzliya development company Ltd.
Architect: A. Lerman Architects Ltd.
  • Principal Architect: Asaf Lerman
  • Project Architects: Danielle Nagila, Nimrod Schenkelbach, Itai Bachor
Built Area: 2,500 m2
Photo: A.Lerman Architects Ltd.

TEO provides a unique functional facility to the city’s art-practicing and culture-seeking residents. The plan is designed within a 50 by 50 m2 perimeter around an offset central patio surrounded by the various programs: a music conservatory, a dance school, art and ceramics studios, a gallery, a senior recreation center, and a cafeteria. An upper partial floor houses a library complemented by a 300 m2 open deck.

East facade (Photo: Amit Geron)

The uniqueness of the design lies in the coherence of a precise geometric module that is strictly enforced throughout: concrete (on-site casts & precast units), textured glass, and metal flow seamlessly from exterior to interior surfaces. Cutting-edge sealing techniques were used to protect the building from the rain while maintaining its flat roof silhouette and tight proportions.

North facade (Photo: Amit Geron)

The patio (292 m2) makes available a space of quiet and welcoming scale. The floated, draining floor provides a pleasing horizontal surface from which a single mature oak tree rises. Direct sunlight from above dynamically projects its presence across the patio’s surfaces, creating ever-changing visual compositions of organic against geometrical form.

West facade (Photo: Amit Geron)
West entrance (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Entrance pergola (Photo: Amit Geron)
Inside | Outside (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Patio (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Patio | Corridor (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Dance Studio (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Art and Ceramics studio (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Interior - strip of light (Photo: Amit Geron)
Events Hall (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Events Hall - view from garden (Photo: Nimrod Levy)
Site plan (Drawing: A. Lerman Architects)
Ground floor plan (Drawing: A. Lerman Architects)
Sections (Drawing: A. Lerman Architects)

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