ACADEMIC
| 2019 |
Sketching workshop: Free hand architectural sketching in Patras,
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| 2019 | Course in Green Buildings for Architecture Department - with Arch. Antonis Gavalas and Dr. Dimitra Tsirigoti. University of Patras, Greece | |
| 2019 | Workshop
: Placemaking at Neot Shoshanim Community Center, Holon With workshop co-leader Arch. Lorin Niculae, the workshop explored design interventions in the lobby of the Neot Shoshanim Community Center in Holon, in conjuction with placemaking installations in the open areas surrounding the center. The students explored space organization, choice of materials, lighting, and graphic orientation in the space. |
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| 2019 | Design Studio in Social Design 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2018 |
Sketching workshop: Free hand architectural sketching in Patras,
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| 2018 | Course in Green Buildings for Architecture Department - with Arch. Antonis Gavalas and Dr. Dimitra Tsirigoti. University of Patras, Greece | |
| 2018 | Workshop
W4: From Green Campus to Sustainable Campus at HIT With workshop co-leader Arch. Braha Kunda, the workshop explored design interventions in the public spaces of the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) campus, to include natural shading, recycling installations and industrial design solutions, community and theraputic gardens, and a green roof for the use of the students. |
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| 2018 | Design Studio in Social Design 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2017 | Design Studio in Social Design 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2017 | Lab-X Spring Workshops at College of Management School of Design, Israel : One-week intense hands-on workshops using found and reclaimed materials to create seating areas in the academic campus. | |
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| 2017 | Design in the Middle Workshop leader at MAXXI Musem, Rome | |
| 2017 | Course in Green Buildings for Architecture Department - with Arch. Antonis Gavalas and Dr. Dimitra Tsirigoti. University of Patras, Greece | |
| 2016 | Design Studio in Social Design 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2016 | Architectural Studio in Green Buildings 3rd and 4th Year Architectural Design Studio, for Faculty of Architecture, Technion, Haifa | |
| 2016 | Course in Green Buildings for Architecture Department - with Arch. Antonis Gavalas and Dr. Dimitra Tsirigoti. University of Patras, Greece | |
| 2016 | Workshop W4: The Sun Grove at the German Colony, Jerusalem ECOWEEK 2016 in Middle East Sustainable Design Workshop by Elias Messinas, Thomas Kauertz (architect), Anja Markwart (engineer) and Ishai Hanoon (landscape designer). The workshop worked with the Hansen Center to produce real solutions and proposals for the protection and enhancement of the Sun Grove at the German Colony in Jerusalem. The project proposals were developed in close collaboration with the local community and the Nature Museum in the neighborhood and were accepted to be further developed by the team and to be implemented with the participation of the neighboring schools and local community. | |
| 2015 | Design Studio in Social Design 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2016 | Workshop W4: Re-thinking the Green School Ag. Nikolaos, Crete ECOWEEK 2016 in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in Greece Sustainable Design Workshop by Elias Messinas and Galia Hanoch Roe (Landscape Architect). The workshop focused on the design and construction of mid-scale interventions in specific areas of a public school in Agios Nikoloas, including activating parents, students and teachers, and receiving donations of materials and technical assistance from local businesses. The project succeeded in a very short time, to activate processes of public involvement, and interventions and improvements of a public institution, for the benefit of the local community. | |
| 2015 | Design Studio in Social Design 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2015 | Workshop in Izmir, Turkey: OPL@IUE A 5-day sustainable design workshop organized by the Architecture Department of Izmir University of Economics, headed by Faculty of Fine Arts & Design IEU faculty and experts from abroad. It aimed to give the opportunity for a fruitful design process of innovative and creative ideas on the Izmir seafront, based on the 10 principles of One Planet Living and the experience of ECOWEEK. The workshop was co-organized and co-managed by architect Dr. Elias Messinas (ECOWEEK), architect Prof. Thanos Stasinopoulos (IUE), and environmental expert Benjamin Gill (BioRegional). more | |
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| 2015 | Workshop W4: Helexpo Expo area in the city ECOWEEK 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece Sustainable Design Workshop by Elias Messinas and Natalia Pantelidou (landscape architect). The workshop focused on the design of a vast area in the city center, which acts as a void rather than a connector to city life, proposing new uses to turn this site into a connector between the university campus and the seafront, encouraging walking and cycling in the city. | |
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| 2015 | Free-hand architectural skething in Thessaloniki: Within the framework of ECOWEEK 2015 in Thessaloniki. For architecture students from Greece and abroad. The visit included an informal walk through selected sites in the city and observation and free-hand architectural sketching at each site under the guidance of Elias. | |
| 2015 | Workshop W5: UP-cycling Campus: Design and Build small structures in the open public space using reclaimed materials ECOWEEK 2015 in Prishtina, Kosovo Sustainable Design Workshop by Elias Messinas, Teuta Jashari-Kajtazi (architect), and Elizabeta Poljoska (architect). The workshop was attended by 20 Architecture students of the University of Prishtina 'Hassan Prishtina'. | |
| Workshop assignment: Taking
sustainability as the starting point, and looking at the open public
space at UP-FNA from a fresh angle we will identify outdoor places based
on observation: people moving, people standing, the sun path, the wind,
shaded spaces, protected spaces, etc. Then we will re-imagine a different
campus, and we will try to create it through design and building small
to mid-scale light structures using reclaimed materials. The light structures
will re-invent the open space by discovering and creating new places:
places of entry and of exit, places to rest, to meet, to chat, to sit,
to read a book, to do homework, to surf the internet, to wait for someone,
to be protected from the rain, to be protected from the wind, to enjoy
the sun, to enjoy the shade, to enjoy the breeze, to hide, to be exposed,
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| 2015 | Glocal Architecture ECOWEEK in Prishtina, Kosovo, International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - co-initiator, co-coordinator and spokesman, hosted by University of Prishtina, September 27 - October 4 | |
| 2015 | Contemporary Archaeology ECOWEEK in Istanbul, Turkey, International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - co-initiator, co-coordinator and spokesman, hosted by Yeditepe Univeresity, April 19-25 | |
| 2014 | Design Intervention in Existing Building in Urban Fabric 2nd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2014 | Design Studio Final Projects 3rd Year Architecture Studio at Ort Neviim Technical School | |
| 2014 | Green Design Architecture Urban Innovation ECOWEEK in Prishtina, Kosovo International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - co-initiator, co-coordinator and spokesman, October 12-19 | |
| 2014 | Green Design Architecture Urban Innovation ECOWEEK in London, UK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - co-initiator, coordinator and spokesman, September 14-21 | |
| 2013 | Community Intervention through Green Design 3rd Year Design Studio, for Interior Design, Communication Design and Industrial Design students, assigned real projects in Jaffa, Holon (school and community center) and Bat Yam, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon - read in Holon Municipality site (Hebrew) and read in ynet (Hebrew) | |
| 2013 | Ecological Design in Student
Housing 3rd Year Design Studio, Interior Design Department, Holon
Institute of Technology, Holon Studio assignment: Aiming to utilize and revitalize the HIT campus in the evening hours that classes don't take place, students were asked to identify a location within the campus - the only prerequisite was to face south, and to design student housing for 8-10 students with a shared space (living, dining, kitchen). Students were asked to solve issues of direct sunlight (with shading), daylight, ventilation of the proposed spaces (natural and mechanical), and to increase density in order to minimize the ecological footprint of their project. View selected student projects: - Dor A. Student housing on the roof of Building 6 - view - Rut S. Student housing on the roof of Building 6 - view - Anat T. Student housing on the roof of Building 4 - view - Gal S. Student housing on the roof of Building 7 - view - Inbar L. Student housing in the basement of Bld 6 - view - Noa S. Student housing under the bridge of Bld 7 - view Student feedback on the course: "Dear Elias, We want to thank you for the enriching and educating semester ... there is no doubt that we all jumped one huge step in our professional education, thanks to your commitment, your love for the profession and your true caring. We truly value it and thank you for everything." |
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| 2013 | Green Design Architecture Urban Innovation ECOWEEK in the Middle East International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Workshop co-leader with Byron Stigge (USA) on the project of Sustainable Pilgrimage Route in the Palestinian town of Azaryia, West Bank - March 3-8 | |
| 2013 | Green Design Architecture Urban Innovation ECOWEEK in the Middle East International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Israel & West Bank - March 3-8 | |
| 2012 | ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE Design tutor to Holon Institute of Technology team of Interior Design 3rd Year Design Studio, developing ecological and design interventions in the Jessie Cohen Community Center, Holon | |
| 2012 | ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE Design tutor to Athens and Thessaloniki teams of young architects, landscape architects and engineers, developing ecological and design interventions in a number of public schools in Athens and Thessaloniki, and a selected number of welfare institutions. | |
| 2012 | Ecological Architecture & Preservation 3rd Year Design Studio, Interior Design Program, College of Managment, Rishon | |
| 2012 | Ecological Design in Student Housing 3rd Year Design Studio, Interior Design Department, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2012 | ECOWEEK in BELGRADE ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, co-organizer and spokesman, Belgrade, Serbia - November 26-30 | |
| 2012 | Urban Footprint + Affordable Communities + Green Design ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Rome, Italy - September 24-30 | |
| 2012 | REUNION in GREEN DISTRICT ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, co-organizer and spokesman, Krakow, Poland - May 17-19 | |
| 2012 | Urban Innovation + Green Design ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Thessaloniki, Greece - April 2-8 | |
| 2012 | Urban Communities + Affordable Living + Green Design ECOWEEK with Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in the Middle East International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Israel & West Bank | |
| 2011 | Urban Communities + Green Architecture ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Athens, Greece - December 12-18 | |
| 2011 | Urban Communities + Green Architecture ECOWEEK with the Politecnico di Milano, International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Milano, Italy - September 12-18 | |
| 2011 | Urban Communities + Green Architecture ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Design students & young professionals - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Thessaloniki, Greece - March 28 - April 3 | |
| 2011 | Ecological Architecture & Preservation 3rd Year Design Studio, Interior Design Department, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2010 | Ecological Architecture & Preservation 3rd Year Design Studio, Interior Design Program, College of Managment, Rishon | |
| 2010 | Green Architecture :: Community :: Sustainability ECOWEEK International Design Workshops for Architecture and Design students - Initiator, coordinator, workshop leader and spokesman, Beit Jala, West Bank (Palestine) - October 22-23 | |
| 2010 | Green Architecture :: Community :: Sustainability ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture and Design students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Israel & West Bank (Palestine) - July 25 - August 1 | |
| 2010 | Ecology + Community + Architecture ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture and Design students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Athens, Greece - March 13 - 20 | |
| 2010 | ECOWEEK Environmental Awareness Program for High School students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Attica, Greece | |
| 2010 | Ecological Design Seminar for 3rd Year Design students, Interior Design and Industrial Design Department, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
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Ecological Architecture & Preservation 3rd Year Design Studio, Interior Design Department, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon | |
| 2009 | Empowering Youth: Ecology + Leadership + Architecture ECOWEEK International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture and Design students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Athens, Greece - March 31 - April 6 | |
| 2009 | Green Initiatvies in Civil Engineering ECOWEEK with Sami Shamoon College of Engineering in Beersheva, Israel. Conference for Green Engineering, Architecture and Design - Co-initiator, co-organizer and spokesman, Beersheva, Israel - February 23 | |
| 2009 | ECOWEEK Environmental Awareness Program for High School students - Initiator and coordinator, Greece & Cyprus | |
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2008
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Ecological Architecture: Why? Who? How? Architecture Department, University Center, Ariel | |
| 2008 | Week for the Environment & Green Architecture ECOWEEK with the Municipality of Larnaka, Cyprus - International Conference for Green Architecture - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Larnaka, Cyprus - May 16-19 | |
| 2008 | Ecology + Environment + Architecture ECOWEEK with AIA Continental Europe - International Conference & Design Workshops for Architecture and Design students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Athens, Greece - April 10-13 | |
| 2008 | ECOWEEK Environmental Awareness Program for High School students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Greece & Cyprus | |
| 2007 | ECOWEEK Environmental Awareness Program for High School students - Initiator, coordinator and spokesman, Attica, Greece | |
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2002
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SUMMER COURSE IN GREECE: Ancient & Modern
History Technion Faculty of Architecture
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| An intense sketching experience
that through sketching students learn to observe and to see, and then
to sketch what they see. Through observation and sketching exercises
in historic and modern cities in cities throughout Greece, students
learn about the Orders, about architectural details, about proportions
and about free-hand perspective. A course that enriches the architectural
skills of students and strengthens their ability to communicate their
ideas in their unique language of free-hand drawing. Images from the summer course: |
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2001
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Architectural drawing, freehand & rendering Technion Faculty of Architecture | |
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2001
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SUMMER COURSE IN GREECE: Ancient & Modern
History Technion Faculty of Architecture
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| An intense sketching experience
that through sketching students learn to observe and to see, and then
to sketch what they see. Through observation and sketching exercises
in historic and modern cities in cities throughout Greece, students
learn about the Orders, about architectural details, about proportions
and about free-hand perspective. A course that enriches the architectural
skills of students and strengthens their ability to communicate their
ideas in their unique language of free-hand drawing. Images from the summer course: |
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2000
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Lecture Course on the History and Architecture
of the Synagogue Technion Faculty of Architecture
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2000
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SUMMER COURSE IN JERUSALEM: Architectural drawing, freehand & rendering Technion Faculty of Architecture | |
| An intense sketching experience
that through sketching students learn to observe and to see, and then
to sketch what they see. Sometimes discovery can take place close at
home - without the need to travel to other countries. The course took
place in Jerusalem, mostly around the Old City area, Rockfeller Museum
and the Emek Refaim area and cemetary. Through observation and sketching
exercises in mostly historic settings, students learn about the Orders,
about architectural details, about proportions and about free-hand perspective.
A course that enriches the architectural skills of students and strengthens
their ability to communicate their ideas in their unique language of
free-hand drawing. The presentation of the course took the unusual form of the students sketching their own sketches enlarged on the walls of the Technion Faculty of Architecture building corridors... an experience that proved quite unique for them. Images from the summer course: |
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2000
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Seminar Course on Building Systems Holon Institute
of Technology<
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1999
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Interior Architectural Design Studio Fourth Year Students Holon Institute of Technology | |
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1999
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Lectures on the History of Architecture Technion Faculty of Architecture | |
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1999
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Architectural drawing freehand & rendering First Year Students University Center, Ariel | |
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1999
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Lecture Course History of Contemporary Architecture
Architecture Department, University Center, Ariel
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1999
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Architectural Design Studio First Year Students
University Center, Ariel
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1998
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Lecture Course History of Architecture Holon
Institute of Technology
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1998
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Architectural drawing freehand & rendering First Year Students University Center, Ariel | |
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1998
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Lecture Course History of Contemporary Architecture
University Center, Ariel
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1998
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Architectural Design Studio First Year Students
University Center, Ariel
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1997
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Architectural drawing freehand & rendering Bezalel Academy Department of Architecture | |
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1997
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Architectural Studio Critic Bezalel Academy Departmentt of Architecture | |
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1997
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Lecture Course History of Architecture Holon
Institute of Technology
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1997
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Lecture Course History of Contemporary Architecture
University Center, Ariel
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1997
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Architectural Design Studio First Year Students
University Center, Ariel
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1996
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Architectural drawing freehand & rendering Bezalel Academy Department of Architecture | |
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1996
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Architectural Studio Critic Bezalel Academy Departmentt of Architecture | |
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1995
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Architectural drawing freehand & rendering Bezalel Academy Department of Architecture | |
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1995
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Architectural Studio Critic Bezalel Academy Departmentt of Architecture | |
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1995
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Lecture Course on History of Architecture Athens
College Adult Education Program
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1990
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Architectural Major studio critic (with Arch. Turan Duda) Yale College | |
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1988
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Architectural drawing freehand & rendering
(with Arch. Richard Fogelson) Bezalel Academy Department of Architecture
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