Maalot Music Conservatory, Maalot Tarshiha, Israel
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 | Maalot Music Conservatory |
| Designer | Knafo Klimor Architects |
| Location | Maalot Tarshiha, Israel |
| Date | to 2004 |
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| Client | The Sakta - Rashi Fund |
| Area | 1500 sq.m. |
| Awards | Klil Industries - Award for excellence in public building design, 2008
AI - Architecture of Israel - Project of the Year 2006-7 , third prize |
The Maalot Music Conservatory was designed as a place for music and enchantment. The conservatory is located on a hill in the midst of the town, where it has a view of the city's urban landscape on one hand, and the wood-hills of the Galilee on the other.
This music center is a meeting place, a place of creation and inspiration, and a place where people live in picturesque landscapes.
The population in the city is traditionally a mixture of Arab and Jewish inhabitants, with newcomers in the recent years. Therefore, besides being a place for the savoring of sounds and melodies the center was also created as a space for multi-cultural debate and exchange of ideas maintaining a mutual respect of people and traditions. The ethnic encounters create an exceptional opportunity to bring together different kinds of cultures, languages and aspirations.
The architecture of the building was inspired by the local community and was designed to crystallize it in its spaces and facades. The building is a composition of glass and stone boxes roofed by aluminum panels holding each-other as a human chain in a dance-circle. This "dance of the boxes" is an expression of the tectonic dynamism and musical orchestration.[1]
