Zvi Hecker, Krakow 1931
1954 graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 1955-1957 studied painting at the Avni Academy of Art, Tel Aviv. 1969-1971 served as a visiting professor at the Université Laval in Canada. 1998–2000 served as a visiting professor at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. Hecker is a visiting lecturer at several schools of architecture in Europe and the U.S. Selected projects: The Bat Yam City Hall; the Dubiner Apartment House in Ramat Gan (with Alfred Neumann and Eldar Sharon); the Military Academy in the Negev, Israel. Ramot Housing, Jerusalem; The Spiral House, Ramat Gan. The Heinz-Galinski School in Berlin; the Memorial Site for the Lindenstrasse synagogue; Berlin (with Micha Ullman and Eyal Weizman); the Jewish Cultural Center in Duisberg, Germany; and the Military Police Complex at the Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam. Rafi Segal, Israel 1967 1993 graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 1992-2000 worked with Zvi Hecker on the Palmach History Museum in Tel Aviv and on other projects. Segal has since established his own practice in Tel Aviv. He has won a number of competitions and prizes, including the 2001 Young Architect award from the Israel Architects Association. He is currently writing his doctoral dissertation at Princeton University, and continues to work as an architect. |