June 2018 MATANYA SACK _ R E S U M E Licensed Architect and Landscape Architect ID: 033434044 Email: m@s••r.co Website: www.s••r.co ACADEMIC DEGREES 2008 Masters in Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture, Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich. Thesis directed by Professors Christophe Girot and Sebastien Marot. Completed the MAS summa cum laude. 2005 Bachelor of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Thesis project tutored by Professor Zvi Efrat and by architect Asaf Lerman. Completed the B.Arch magna cum laude. 2003 Student exchange program, Ecole d’Architecture Paris­Belleville. Tutored by Professor Pierre•Louis Faloci. Ranked first in class. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2018-Present Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2015-2017 Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion –Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2014-15 Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2010-14 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. 2010-12 Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012-Present Founding Partner, Sack and Reicher Architecture and Landscape, Tel Aviv- Jaffa. 2008 Landscape Architect, Vogt Landscape Architects, Zurich. 2005-07 Architect, Naama Malis Architecture and Town Planning, Givatayim. 2 2004-05 Archival Research, Yaakov Rechter•Amnon Rechter Architects, Tel Aviv•Jaffa. RESEARCH INTERESTS A. Practical and Theoretical relationships between architecture and landscape architecture B. Regional Urbanism C. Performative and ecological aspects in landscape and architectural design D. Landscape as infrastructure E. History of the Israeli landscape TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2018 2014-2017 LandBasics Studio: Establishing and teaching the final project studio in Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion • Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2014-2017 LandBasics Theoretical Course: Establishing and teaching a theoretical course which supports the design and research work done in the LandBasics Studio. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion • Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2014 Civil Architecture Unit: Co-leader of the final project for 4th and 5th year students in Architecture Research and Design Studio, Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. 2009-13 City/State Unit: Co-leader of the final project for 4th and 5th year students in Architecture Research and Design Studio. Theme of “Go South – Regional Urbanism in the Northern Negev Desert.” Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. 2010 Landscape Mapping: Establishing and teaching a new course for architecture and landscape architecture students. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute Technology, Haifa. 2010-12: Urban design studio for 2nd year students in Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Theme: Peripheral Cities – Afula and Kiryat Ata. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2010 Design Studio for 1st year students. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2006-2007 Design Studio for 1st year students. Architecture Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. 3 DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES 2017 Events Committee, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2014-2017 Coordinator of the final project in Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2014 Events Committee, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2013 Prize Committee, Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. 2013 Appeals Committee, Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Member of the Israeli Association of United Architects (IAUA). Member of the Israeli Association of Landscape Architects (IALA). Member of the Israel Planners Association (IPA). Member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). AWARDS AND HONORS (Professional, Teaching and Education) 2017 Invited competition (in progress, winner to be announced), proposal for East Rehovot Neighborhood, 1300 dunams, Rehovot Municipality, with: Ari Cohen Architects Ltd. 2017 First place in Invited Competition, proposal for the Mediatheque Square in Holon, Calcalit Holon. 2017 Finalist, (Second place), proposal for the Memorial Site for the fallen soldiers in operation Tsuk Eitan, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael/Jewish National Fund, Israel. 2017 Finalist (Second place), “Paths to the village”, proposal for the 2018 Israeli Pavilion in The 16th Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy. With Gilad Melzer. 2017 Finalist, “Sway” – proposal for Ot Haitzuv, design award competition 2017. 2016 Third Place, “Shelters on a hill” – proposal for the inaugural city hall building in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, 2200 m2 4 2014-15 Excellence in Teaching: winter semester 2014-15. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. 2013 Finalist, “Bridging Horizons” – “The Bridge and the Orchard” proposal for the 2015 Israel EXPO Pavilion in Milan, 2000 m2. With Liat Muller. 2012 Finalist, “YORKREATIVE” – “A Court and an Hall, by the River” proposal in an International Design Competition (RIBA) on “Re­imagining York’s Guildhall Complex: Connecting River and City.” With SEC JV. 2009 The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Award of Excellence in Analysis and Planning for “Switching Trajectories in the Upper Rhine Delta – Landscape and Infrastructure of Flood Prone Urban Regions.” With Liesl Vanautgaerden. 2008 Honorable Mention, Ideas Competition for the Governmental and Cultural Center of Jerusalem. 2007-08 Summa cum laude, Masters in Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture, Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich. 2004 Honorable Mention, “The Mound and the Plain” – International Competition for the Reclamation of Hiriya Landfill. With Rebecca Sternberg and Uri Reicher. 2003 Ranked First in Class: Student exchange program, Ecole d’Architecture Paris•Belleville. 2002 Award for Excellence in Design: Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. 2002 Achievement Award: Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. PUBLICATIONS Articles, research reports and other publications Abroad Sack, Matanya, and Liesl Vanautgaerden. “Switching Trajectories in the Alpine Rhine Delta.” Delta Alliance Young Professionals Award – Innovative Solutions for Delta Challenges Worldwide: A contribution to the Rio+20 theme “Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication” (June 2012): 74-95. Sack, Matanya. “National Scale / The Negev.” Abitare (April 30, 2013), http://www.abitare.it/en/blog-en/2013/04/30/national-scale-israel-and-the-negev/ . Sack, Matanya, Yuval Yasky, and Iddo Ginat, co­editors, “Southern Exposure.” Abitare (2013). Winning proposal in an international competition. A one-year online residency 5 (which began on March 29, 2013), editing and writing a series of articles on global and Israeli issues related to “the South.” http://www.abitare.it/en/blog-en/2013/03/29/online-editors-iddo-ginat-and-matanya-sack- 2/. Israel Sack, Matanya, Rebecca Sternberg, and Uri Reicher. “Analysis and strategies for TAMA 35 – National General Plan for Development, Building and Conservation.” Booklet prepared for the Israeli National Planning Department, 2006. Sack, Matanya (co•editor). “Zeev: A Window to the Work and Thought of Architect Zeev Rechter (1899­1960).” Exhibition catalogue. Israeli Domus 4 (November 2009): 135-50. Sack, Matanya. “Plan”: analysis of Zeev Rechter’s apartment buildings in Tel Aviv, on the search for continuity and flow between distinct spaces. Israeli Domus 4 (November 2009): 146-47. Sack, Matanya, and Kerem Halbrecht. “A Family Mound – The House in Sharet Street.” Israeli Domus 7 (May 2010): 75-81. Sack, Matanya. “Sway – Lightweight Pavilion at SCAF, Sydney, 2015.” Israeli Domus 41 (January 2016): 8-10. Sack, Matanya. “LandBasics – Fundamental Issues in the Israeli Landscape.” Journal of the Israeli Association of Landscape Architects (IALA) 60 (September, 2016): 24-27. Sack, Matanya. “LandBasics – Territorial Agriculture.” Journal of Israeli Association of Landscape Architects (IALA), 62 (February, 2017): 14-15. Sack, Matanya. “On Studio LandBasics and the Idea of Territorial Agriculture.” Interviewed by the editor of the Journal of Israeli Association of Landscape Architects (IALA), 64 (September, 2017): 39-41. Book Chapters Abroad Sack Matanya and Liesl Vanautgaerden. “Switching Trajectories : A Vision for the Rhine Delta”. In Upper Rhine Delta, Pamphlet of the Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture 07/08. Edited by the Institute of Landscape Architecture (ILA), ETH Zurich, 12-15, gta Verlag, Zurich, 2008 (English). ISBN: 978-3-85676-248-3 Sack, Matanya. “Space­Light­Movement: The Israeli Venice Pavilion.” In Sigalit Landau: One Man’s Floor