Hillel Schocken, Architect

Hillel Schocken
Registered Architect, Israel

sharch@inter.net.il

1947 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1965-1968 Served with the Israel Defense Forces.

Education
1968-1972 B.Sc.Eng - Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management.
1973-1976 AA.Dipl. – Architectural Association, London.

Teaching
1971-1973 Theory of structures – The Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem.
1978-1982 Tutor, Design Studio - The Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem.
1988 Visiting Professor at the Institute Fur Gebaudelehre, Technische Universitet, Vienna, Austria.
1989 Invited Tutor at the 2nd International Walter Gropius Seminar on City Planning, Dessau East Germany.
1992-1994 Tutor, Final year project - Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
1994- Senior Lecturer – The Azrieli School of Architecture, The Tel Aviv University.
1994-1998 External Examiner, University of Wales School of Architecture, Neri Bloomfield College of Art & Architecture, Haifa.
1996 Invited lecturer at the International Seminar on City Planning, The Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul.
2000 Participant lecturer at the Congress of the International Planning Schools at Shanghai, Chaina.


Professional Practice
1972-1973 Architect at Dan Eitan, Architects Ltd.
1973-1974 Trype & Wakeham Architects, London.
1974-1976 Tom Kay & Associates, London
1976-1978 Pollard, Thomas & Edwards, London.
1978-1982 Partner at Schocken, Shaviv – Architects, Jerusalem.
1982-1987 Chief Architect – The Jerusalem Foundation.
1982-1990 Private Practice – Hillel Schocken Architects, Jerusalem.
1990-1999 Senior Partner – Schocken Architects – H. Schocken & D. Assayag, Ltd.
1999- Schocken Architects Ltd. Jerusalem

Competitions
1978 First Prize – The Science Museum, Haifa.
1987 Winner of first stage of the competition for the Israeli Supreme Court. Invited to 2nd International stage.
1995 Entry for the Prime Minister's Office Competition selected by an international Jury as Best and excellent.

Selected Projects
1978-79 Renovation – The Zilkha apartment, Jerusalem.
1981-83 Sharlin House – Kfar Adumim.
1981-85 Levinson House – Jerusalem
1986-88 Entrance Pavilion – The Western Wall Plaza, Old City, Jerusalem.
1985-89 Interior Exhibition Spaces – The Museum of the History of Jerusalem, The Tower of David, the old city, Jerusalem.
1988-92 The Bernard Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
1990-92 Primary School at Pisgat Zeev West, Jerusalem.
1991-93 Town Planning for a 1200 unit neighborhood, Beit Shemesh, Israel. For the Ministry of Construction and Housing.
1991-1993 35,000sqm Expansion of The King David Hotel, Jerusalem.
1992-1998 Ullman-Lapidot house, Jerusalem
1994-1996 Landscaping plans for the main street of the old Arab Village of Kafar Canna, Galilee, Israel.
1994-1996 Open air Children's' Museum, Jerusalem.
1995-1997 Dwelling and occupational wing for handicapped youth, Jerusalem.
1995-1998 Grfoprint – Central printing plant for the "Haaretz" Group, Tel Yitzchak, Israel
1997-2000 Phase Two – The Bernard Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem.
1997-2000 Rabin High School, Eilat, Israel
1997- Cultural Center, Eilat, Israel
1998-1999 Restoration of the Weitzman House By Eric Mendelsohn, The Weitzman Institute, Rechovot, Israel
1998-2000 The Lapidot House, Rechovot.
1999-2001 Headquarters for the Minicom Computer Company, Jerusalem.
2000- Masterplan for the Jerusalem Natural Science Museum.

Miscellaneous
Writing on architecture for the Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report and Haaretz Daily.
1994-99 Member of the Board of Directors, The Bezalel Academy of Art & Design.
1997-99 Member, Academic Council, Shenkar College, Ramat Gan.
1999 Curator-The Israeli Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2000

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