赫爾茲山紀念堂

類別: 建筑設計 | 公共建筑及設施

設計師/ 設計團隊：Kimmel Eshkolot Architects (1992) Ltd.

赫爾茲山紀念堂是一個烈士紀念園。它的目的是為了紀念這個國家所有陣亡士兵，因此包含了他們的名字。這是一個和平時期的希望工程。紀念館的背景是平靜的圣經風景，雖然毗鄰如今繁忙的耶路撒冷街道，空間卻是孤立和安靜的。建筑是在山上“挖掘”出來的，為個人和集體紀念活動提供了一個親密的空間。在大廳上方的這座山是用耶路撒冷的石頭重建的彎曲地形。一個起伏的漏斗形磚結構將挖掘出的大廳向天空敞開。它不規則的旋渦形狀創造了不斷變化的光影，而屋頂的上端間隔的石板可允許氣流和自然通風通過屋頂。名字刻在石磚上，形成了一堵長長的名字墻，環繞著光之漏斗。沿著紀念館的螺旋坡道向上走，這面墻由2.3萬塊磚砌成，每塊磚上都刻著一名陣亡士兵的名字、他的死亡日期以及一根每年在這一天點亮的蠟燭。漏斗的設計開發是與蘇黎世聯邦理工學院的研發團隊共同完成的。它是由均勻擠壓的鋁磚構成，每一塊都經過數控加工和標記，以便在現場獲得其特定的接頭位置組裝成其不規則的獨特結構。

The Mount Herzl Memorial Hall is a place of commemoration. It's raison d'etre is to be a memorial for all the fallen soldiers of the country, and thus contains all their names. It is a project of hope for peaceful times. Set in a calm biblical scenery, but adjacent to the nowadays busy streets of Jerusalem, the space is isolated and quiet. It was excavated in the mountain to form an intimate space for both personal and collective experiences of commemoration. Above the hall, the mountain is reconstructed of curved topographies made of Jerusalem stone. An undulating funnel-shaped formation of bricks opens the excavated hall to the sky. Its irregular vortex shape floods the space with ever- changing natural light. At the upper end of the roof, spaced stone slabs are designed to allow air flow and natural ventilation through the roof. The names,engraved on stone bricks, form a long Wall of Names,which wraps around the funnel of light. Following a spiral ramp up the memorial, the wall is built of 23,000 stone bricks, each engraved with the name of a fallen soldier, his death date, and a light-candle to be lit every year on that date. The design development of the funnel was done in consultation with the research team R.O.B.at the ETH, Zurich. It is constructed of uniform extruded Aluminium bricks, each CNC'd and marked to get it's specific joints' locations, to allow for the assembly on site of the irregular, unique structure.