Start and completion of project: 2008-2010
Project duration: Approximately 36 months.
Location: Beer Sheva.
Commissioned by: Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization.
Monetary value: Approximately 40 million shekel.
Size of the Project: A structure with an area of approximately 6,120 square meters, in a large complex of about 18,000 square meters.
Project description and implementation details:
A large complex sprawling over an area of about 18,000 square meters, including a therapeutic wing, a wing for social activities including a heated, indoor, semi Olympic swimming pool, a therapeutic pool, a huge gym, a clinic and treatment rooms, physiotherapy and hydrotherapy centers, club rooms, recreational rooms, classrooms, a shooting range, sports fields especially suited for the disabled, a restaurant and an auditorium. The projects architecture combines climatic design principals for a desert environment. The basis for the architectural design was accessibility for the mobility Impaired, including sloping building facades with sharp angles for aesthetic effect, made from an especially high quality exposed concrete.
