The Botnar Medical Research
Building
Architecture: Yuval Baer, Reznik Architects
Location: The School of Medicine, the Hebrew University, Ein-Kerem Campus, Jerusalem
Client: The Hebrew University, School of Medicine
Area: 12,700 m2
Structural Engineer: David Gordon
HVAC: Harari-Shapira Engineers
Plumbing: Yosha Ltd.
Photography: Ilia Kruvorechko, YBGSNA
The Botnar Building, which houses IMRIC - the Institute of Medical Research Israel Canada, is a unique facility of laboratories designed for current standards of microbiology research. In addition, the building provides auditorium spaces and seminar classrooms for the Hebrew University School of Medicine.
The building itself is laid out in an L shape configuration, thus creating a campus plaza with two auditoriums at the end of the main pedestrian axis of the Hadassah Campus. The enclosed arena which is formed by the building and the adjacent Students’ Center, helps to create an intimate campus atmosphere for the entire School of Medicine.
