Arch. Nilly R. Harag: Senior lecturer at the Architecture Department at Bezalel and a practising architect at Arctic Architects in Jerusalem. MArch University of Pennsylvania; BDes Bezalel Academy with honors; Recipient of research grants to Granada University (2015); TU WIEN Faculty of Architecture and Planning and the Freud Institute (1995-6); AHO Oslo School of Architecture (1987-8). Visiting lecturer at Azrieli school of Architecture, Carleton University; Architecture dep. Braunschweig University, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'architecture de Paris Malaquais and University of Nicosia. Her research and practice focus on contested areas characterized by social and political conflicts. She challenges the scope to imagine a space beyond the physical, unassailable boundaries of everyday life by tracing liminal spaces identified between the various fields of architecture.  She looks at reality through liminal lenses, to make it possible to turn permanent situations into a material-subject for change, from an open space to sensory experience, analytical thinking and a complete and visible architectural creation.

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Graphic designer, creator and head of Bezalel’s undergraduate Department of Visual Communication. Specializes in complex systems design, typography, book design, and branding for public, cultural, arts, and architectural institutions. Founding partner of Studio Gimmel 2, which has been operating in the local and international design field for over a decade and a half. Recipient of several awards, including the DAM Best Architectural Book Award, Tokyo TDC, and the Ministry of Culture Design Prize. Holds a B.Des. in Visual Communication from Bezalel and is pursuing a Master’s degree in the Program in Gender Studies at Bar Ilan University.