Alfred Mansfeld (architect)

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Alfred (Al) Mansfeld ( Hebrew אלפרד (אל) מנספלד ); (* March 2, 1912 in Saint Petersburg ; † March 15, 2004 in Haifa ) was an Israeli architect .

Life

Alfred Mansfeld presents his model for the Israel Museum to the politicians Jizchak Ben Zwi and Mordechai Isch Schalom

Alfred Mansfeld, who was born in Tsarist Russia , came to Berlin with his family after the coup there . Here he began studying architecture at the Technical University in 1931 after graduating from school . But because of his Jewish origins , he left Germany in 1933 with the beginning of Nazi rule and continued his studies at the architecture special school in Paris . One of his university teachers , Auguste Perret , influenced him in the use of concrete for larger structures. After successfully completing his studies in 1935 , Alfred Mansfeld emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine .

In 1936 Mansfeld became an employee at the Levant Fair in Tel Aviv and he founded his own architectural office in Haifa with Munio Weinraub . The partnership with Weinraub ended in 1959 with his death, but Alfred Mansfeld found a new partner in the architect Chaim Kehat . The team's project work continued.

In 1948 the Haifa city council appointed him head of the state planning office for the region.

In 1949, Mansfeld received a chair on the faculty of the Israel Institute of Technology (IIT). In 1954 he was promoted to dean of the faculty and held this position until 1956. He then continued to teach at the IIT and worked actively in his own office, now Mansfeld-Kehat Architects in Haifa. His son Michael , now an architect himself, also joined this office as a junior partner. The architects were able to continue to realize larger projects, especially the interior design of the Israel Museum .

Alfred Mansfeld died in 2004 in the house he had built in the district of Central Carmel , Haifa.

Works (selection)

1936 until the end of the war in 1945

  • 1936: Participation in the competition to design a square in Nataniya , winning design; however, was not carried out
  • 1938: Synagogue in Kiryat Bialik
  • 1938: Feitelberg house for a private citizen, Kfar Shmaryahu
  • 1944: School in Afula
  • 1944–1947: cooling system complex of the Palestine Cold Storage & Supply Co. Ltd. in Tel Aviv

1945 to 2004

Awards

  • 1966: Al Messel and Dora Gad received the Israel Prize for Architecture, especially for the design of the Israel Museum.
  • 1969: Gold Medal for Foreign Architects from the Association of German Architects (BDA)
  • 1971: Member of the Berlin Art Academy
  • 1976: Right Prize for the planning work of the Stella Maris Monastery
  • 1983: Honorary member of the Paris Academy of Arts
  • 2001: Mention of the Architects Association

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Esther Zandberg: Al Mansfeld, 1912-2004 (Hebrew) . In: Haaretz , March 17, 2004. Retrieved March 10, 2018. 
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Alfred Mansfeld . UCC. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g biography on the architect database; accessed on March 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Mansfeld-Kehat ( Memento from March 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Zim House . Emporis. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Abraham Mazer Building dedicated on Campus of Hebrew University , accessed March 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ Haifa Auditorium website , accessed on March 14, 2018.
  8. ^ Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1966 . (Hebrew)
personal data
SURNAME Mansfeld, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mansfeld, Al; אלפרד (אל) מנספלד (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 2004
Place of death Haifa