JAMD Arts Center

Absorbing Local Tradition to Create a Modern Destination for the Arts

Text by Matthias Hollwich

Status  COMPLETED 2023

Type  CULTURAL

Location  JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

Client  THE JERUSALEM ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE

Size  20.000 FT2

Scope  CONCEPT-CA

Design Architects  HQ ARCHITECTS AND HWKN ARCHITECTURE

Photography  DOR KEDMI 

Team  MATTHIAS HOLLWICH, MARC KUSHNER, ROBERT MAY, KATE SCOTT, ALBERTO HERZOG, AXELLE ZEMOULI, SJ KWON, CORLISS NG, TAESOO KIM 

An Inter-Arts Center is the first phase of our ongoing work for the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance’s new campus. The building’s facade celebrates Jerusalem Stone, a traditional material common locally, in an unexpected way.

Dor Kedmi

By playfully eroding the stone at the points of public engagement, the facade balances the geometric order, natural materiality, and intentional imperfection in a playful fashion. This makes the building unique, lovable, progressive, yet traditional, altering our expectation what a new building should look like.

Dor Kedmi
Dor Kedmi