Center for PEACE The Multicultural Center for Peace and Friendship בית האמנויות עמק יזרעאל מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל Nir – Kutz Architects Nazareth Mount Mount Precipice Tabor Haifa Center for Tel Peace Adashim Mizra גבעת המורה Afula Surroundings Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Nazareth Mount Mount Precipice Tabor Haifa Center for Tel Peace Adashim Mizra גבעת המורה Afula Surroundings Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Center for Peace Emek Israel College The Site Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects View to Mount Precipice Surroundings Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Yizrael Valley Panoramic View Picture taken from Mount Precipice Mount Giv’at HaMoreh Center Tabor (Hamoreh Hill) for Peace Surroundings Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Mifgash Hagalil ve Haemek The Multicultural Center for Peace and Friendship For the development of social and cultural leadership Mifgash Hagalil ve Haemek - The Multicultural Center for Peace and Friendship for the development of Social and Cultural leadership is an enterprise with the aim of developing and cultivating community culture in the Yizrael Valley, the lower Galilee and throughout the world. Mifgash Hagalil ve Haemek- is located at a central geographic junction in the Yizrael Valley- the Tel Adashim Junction with views of the Nazerath Mountains and Mount Tabor. Tel Adashim Junction has been a significant spiritual, cultural and social meeting point throughout the history of mankind. Mifgash Hagalil ve Haemek – The Center for Arts is located in the heart of Mifgash Haemek Vehagalil. As a multi-cultural arts center , it has been nurturing artistic talent as well as promoting rich and varied educational activities for over 3 decades. Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects The Mifne Program, centered at the Center for Arts in partnership with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra , the Buchman-Mehta School and with the support of Bank Leumi Israel and the Arab-Israel Bank , has been the axis for social and multicultural activities in the Galilee. The Mifne Program with all its components, acts as a bridge between the peripheries and the center, closing gaps and nurturing a fertile soil that encourages the development of young musicians from different communities in the region. As the Mifne Program expands and develops, there is an urgent need to build a conference space in which we will be able to host musical conferences, seminars, concerts and other cultural events. Building the Peace and Friendship Auditorium near the current Center for Arts would be a proper solution for this urgent need. The auditorium will be part of a unique center that will face the main thoroughfare of the Tel Adashim junction, thus open and inviting to guests and residents alike for a multidisciplinary experience. Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Surrounding scenery as inspiration Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Modern Historic Contrast Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Wassily Kandinsky – “Composition 8” Experimenting with visual interpretations of music Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Harmony > Contrasts Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Harmony > Contrasts Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects We have not yet sailed to the most beautiful days… we have not yet lived the most beautiful life… and we have not yet heard the most beautiful tunes. טרם הפלגנו ליפים שבימים... טרם חיינו את היפים שבחיים... וטרם שמענו את היפות שבמנגנות. إن أجمل البحار لم نبحر اليها بعد... وأجمل أيّامنا لم نعشها بعد... وأجمل اﻷنغام لم نسمعها بعد. Harmony > Contrasts Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Roof Plan Plans Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Site Plan – Ground Level Plans Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Ground Level Floor Plan Auditorium and stage about 1,500 seats 2,000m² Culture, leisure and retail* 4,500m² Open spaces, passages 2,000m² * Retail serving the Cultural and Music Educational Center such as; music education book store, musical instruments, arts and artifacts, as well as a restaurant for the users Plans Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Upper Level Floor Plan Music School: 850m² Plans Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Longitudinal Section A Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects חתך רוחב Cross Section B B Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects View from the main Plaza towards Nazareth and Tabor Mountains Views Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Birds eye view from the North Views Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects Birds eye view from the South Views Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects The auditorium would be named after the Maestro Zubin Mehta who is the inspiration source and mind behind the “Mifne Program” along with other founding resources that will help in establishing it. The center would face the main Plaza which would host organized and spontaneous events. The rest of the site would be covered with greens that would contribute to the serene and cultural scene. Serving the arts center, some small retail would be included such as: music education and instruments, record and album shops, a coffee shop and other leisure functions throughout the center for the center’s visitors and their guests. We are convinced and believe that Mifgash Hagalil ve Haemek would act as a multicultural center full of life and rich in activities, which will greatly contribute to peace making and qualifying of social leadership in the Galil. Center for Peace Nir – Kutz Architects.