Moti Bodek

Prof. Moti Bodek
Born	1961 (age 62–63) Haifa,Israel
Nationality	IsraeliISR
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Bodek Architects Ltd.Tel Aviv
Buildings	Eilat Sports Center,Bikur Holim HospitalatJerusalem,Tiberias Football Stadium

Eilat Sports Center

Meron School,designed by Moti Bodek and Dana Oberson

Nofei Yam Sports Center atTel Aviv,designed by Moti Bodek and Dana Oberson

Tiberias Football Stadium(under construction)

Bus stops onHighway 44 (Israel)nearHolon

Kfar Qassem Football Stadium(under construction)

Bikur Holim Hospital,Jerusalem

Be'er Ganim Synagogue early sketches

Biomimicry- Architecture influenced by systems of nature. Exhibition of Buildings & Projects,PotsdamGermany, May 2014

Moti Bodek(Hebrew:מוטי בודק;born 1961) is an Israeliarchitect.He is the CEO of Bodek Architects based inTel Avivand a Professor of Architecture atBezalel Academy of Art and Design,Jerusalem& atTel Aviv University.

Biography

Moti Bodek was born and grew up inHaifa.He served in theIsraeli security forcesfrom 1979 to 1985. In 1989 he graduated with honors from the department of Environmental Design atBezalel Academy of Art and DesignJerusalem,and in 1990 he earned his B.Arch. degree from the Faculty of Architecture in theTechnion,Haifa.

From 1987 to 1993 Bodek worked at theAvraham Yaskyarchitectural company atTel Aviv,while also in 1990 founding his own firm, Bodek Architects.

In 1991 he began teaching at Bezalel, and in 1995 he received his M.P.A degree fromClark University,Massachusetts,United States.

From 2001 to 2004, Bodek served as deputy head of the Architecture Department atAriel University.

Currently he is a Professor of Architecture and the Head of Lecturers Organization atBezalel Academy of Art and Design.

Bodek was one of the founders of staff organization boards at higher education institutions, and also served as Deputy Chairman.

Bodek engaged in the research, design and construction of projects based on the discipline ofbiomimicry(imitation of life).

Selected projects

• Eilat Sports Center
• Tiberias Football Stadium
• Meron School,Tel Aviv
• Kfar Qassem Football Stadium
• Tel Aviv UniversitySports Centre
• New neighborhood nearBeershebaRiver Park
• Two pedestrian bridges,Ashdod
• Sea Sports Centre & Sailing ClubEilat
• Synagogue, Be'er Ganim nearAshkelon
• Bikur Holim Hospital,Jerusalem
• The Russian Embassy houseonRothschild Boulevard,Tel Aviv
• Bus stops onHighway 44 (Israel)
• Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

Exhibitions

• Biomimicry - Architecture influenced by systems of nature,Exhibition of Buildings & Projects by Architect Moti Bodek. International Week, FHP University of Applied Sciences, freiLand Potsdam Germany. 12-16 May 2014Archived24 September 2015 at theWayback Machine.
• BIO-DESIGN: HYBRID FABRICTIONSׂ,Group Exhibition. Master's Program in Integrated Design, Research Gallery, Design Faculty,HITHolon Institute of Technology,Israel. 28 April-19 May 2015
• La Biennale di Venezia,The 15th International Architecture Exhibition Venice, Italy, May 28th to November 27th 2016.

See also

• Architecture of Israel

External links

• Zandberg, Esther (2003-12-18)."Surroundings / Ugly as sin".Haaretz.
• Dvir, Noam (2009-07-14)."Reaching new heights".Haaretz.
• Ministry of Housing (2011-02-10)."Synagogue near Ashkelon"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2014-10-16.Retrieved2013-03-29.(P.33-36 Hebrew)
• Dvir, Noam (2011-03-07)."Jerusalem reaches for the heavens".Haaretz.
• Houses From Within (2011-05-20)."Russian Embassy on Rothschild Boulevard".Tour no.75. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-13.Retrieved2013-03-29.
• Jacobson, Michael (2011-09-15)."Eilat Sports Center/היכלות ושעשועים".Xnet (Hebrew). Archived fromthe originalon 2013-11-04.Retrieved2013-03-29.
• Riba, Na'ama (2012-09-15)."Eilat Sports Center/מה העירייה עושה למענך השנה".Xnet (Hebrew). Archived fromthe originalon 2013-11-04.Retrieved2013-03-29.
• Battistini, Francesco (2012-10-14)."Las Vegas of Arabia".Corriere della Sera. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-13.
• Ashtoker, Ofer (2012-11-08)."Pedestrian bridge in Ashdod/גשר להולכי רגל באשדוד".Ashdod Net (Hebrew).
• Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem."Faculty Staff".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-10-17.Retrieved2013-03-29.
• Riba, Na'ama (2013-11-26)."Eilat's red egg: a new gymnasium at Tse'elim school /הביצה האדומה של אילת: אולם הספורט החדש בבית ספר צאלים".Xnet (Hebrew). Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-04.Retrieved2013-11-27.
• On the Ground, Works in Progress (2013-11-11)."ZEZEZE Architecture Gallery".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-04-07.Retrieved2014-04-05.
• "New design: The turtle stadium of Tiberias".StadiumDB.com.17 April 2016

• "University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule), Potsdam, Germany. Biomimicry, Architecture influenced by systems of nature, Exhibition of Buildings & Projects".
• "Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, Israel. Biomimicry, Architecture influenced by systems of nature, Exhibition of Buildings & Projects".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-04.Retrieved2014-05-10.