Doing Good | Bezalel-led Emergency Initiatives
עושים/ות משהו טוב | יוזמות בשעת חירום
أعمال خيرية | مبادرات طلابية من بتسلئيل للمساعدة في وضع الطوارئ
Sustainable Development Hub
Bezalel’s Sustainable Development Hub
המרחב לפיתוח מקיים
مركز التنمية المستدامة
Sustainable development stands today at the forefront of the national and global agenda with the United Nations, the European Union, governments, universities, civil societies and business organizations leading the efforts.
This agenda prescribes that sustainability requires simultaneously integrating the need for continuous human and economic development with the need to preserve the opportunity for future generations to continue to develop. Since Bezalel trains the designers, artists and architects who will map out culture and be responsible for the products and structures which will characterize Israeli society, a great deal of responsibility rests on the shoulders of the Academy in respect of the next generations.
Bezalel’s Sustainable Development Hub systematically acts to instill the understanding of this responsibility and helps develop the professional tools and capabilities required to meet this responsibility and affect sustainable change. In its activities, the Sustainable Development Hub encourages students to take on a leadership role by identifying complex universal challenges, asking questions, taking on critical standpoints and implementing solutions that take into consideration social, communal and environmental perspectives.
The essence of Bezalel is comprised from a unique professional identity, a distinctive vocabulary, and singular creative processes. Bezalel’s Sustainable Development Hub leads the efforts for the integration of sustainability at the Academy through the development of an academic infrastructure for teaching and research of sustainable development. The Hub adds to the professional basket of tools available, abilities and capabilities to better cope with the complexities and scale of sustainable development challenges. Among these special capabilities are systemic thinking, strategic thinking and the interpersonal skills required for research and creation in a multidisciplinary team all the while taking into account ecologic points of view as well as instilling into the creative process the needs of future generations and society as a whole.
The activities of the Hub give centrality and importance to sustainable development at Bezalel through individual and group research studies, academic publications, conferences and seminars. It also spearheads collaborations with academic, civilian and business entities, on a municipal, national, regional and global level.
Head of Bezalel’s Sustainable Development Hub – Dr. Elad Persov.
elad.persov@post.bezalel.ac.il
אדריכלות נוף - תואר ראשון
The Undergraduate Program in Landscape Architecture
תואר ראשון באדריכלות נוף
برنامج اللقب الأول في هندسة المناظر الطبيعية
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With the current climate crisis, growing population density and the rising threat to our natural resources, the profession of landscape architecture is becoming ever more important in Israel and the world.
Landscape architecture deals with the planning and design of natural systems as lived environments; it integrates cultural, social, and ecological perspectives at varying scales, from public and open space systems to urban and regional design, infrastructure planning, the design of neighborhoods, and public institutions. Issues such as global warming, landscape restoration, urban forestry, storm water management, flood prevention and preservation of biological diversity have become central to the work of landscape architects and are redefining the profession.
The profession is recognized by the Registrar of Engineers and Architects in Israel.
The Undergraduate Degree Program in Landscape Architecture* is a joint program of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and the Hebrew University. It is the only program of its kind in Israel, combining landscape. Architecture, taught at the Bezalel School of Architecture, with an in-depth study of plant sciences, ecology and environment at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the Hebrew University.
Through this unique collaboration, our goal is to train the next generation of designers with expertise in the fields of ecology and the environment. The joint program of Bezalel and the Hebrew University will provide students with a toolkit of design and planning skills based on ecology and natural systems. This comprehensive curriculum will prepare our graduates to deal with the increasing complexity of open space planning in the Israeli and global environment.
* The degree will be awarded conditional upon the approval of the Council for Higher Education (as is standard in new programs in the certification process).
** The opening of the program is conditional upon a minimum number of registrants.
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Architecture (B.Arch)
The Undergraduate Program in Architecture
תואר ראשון בארכיטקטורה
برنامج اللقب الأول في الهندسة المعمارية
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Bezalel’s Undergraduate Program in Architecture embraces an integrated, multi-layered and multidisciplinary approach that serves as a platform for innovation and creativity in both research and practice. It aims to prepare its students to become architects who can function as highly skilled designers, planners, researchers, curators, choreographers and leaders at home and abroad.
Most of all, it strives to provide its graduates with a broad humanistic education and a strong sense of social sensitivity, so they will become the designers of the future, acting to redefine the architect's role and responsibilities through political and social engagement.
The broad-based curriculum emphasizes design research, originality, critical deliberation and active involvement in a wide range of related fields. The undergraduate program integrates theory and practice, research and design in different contexts and dimensions. It combines a variety of courses such as the history and theory of ideas and materials, with practical tools such as art and design, drawing, construction skills, technology studies and above all the comprehensive design studio.
Alongside with acquiring this requisite knowledge, students explore issues that have a profound impact on people’s lives – urban design, environmental and landscape design, new building technologies, housing and social equality, climate change and artificial intelligence. The Department serves as a forum for open and critical discussion that seeks to challenge and influence professional norms and public debate regarding the discipline's role in designing the built and open space in Israel and around the world.
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Visual Communication (B.Des)
Department of Visual Communication
המחלקה לתקשורת חזותית
قسم التواصل البصري
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Registration for the undergraduate programs at Bezalel Academy. For information and registration
Visual communication is the most common form of art in our everyday lives. It is present in almost everything we see and almost everywhere we look – on bookshelves and billboards, television and computer screens, posters, magazines and smartphones. It is a language that uses image, color, motion, sound, text, and matter to communicate messages, ideas, emotions and information through shape and form. It can educate, entertain, change the way we think and impact our behavior.
At Bezalel, the curriculum is designed to lead students to rethink how they regard problems, how they analyze complex situations and produce innovative solutions using their integrated design and communication expertise. The program encourages creativity in storytelling and self expression that transcends boundaries, that explores and experiments, while constantly striving for excellence in all aspects and professional standards.
The Department trains designers to understand the pervasive influence of the discipline, how to approach each task from a critical and ethical perspective – and above all, how to use their talents and skills to make a positive influence in the world. In Israel and abroad, the Department’s graduates are leaders in the vast and varied world of this unique form of communication, transforming the visual landscape of our lives and our world.
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About the Department of Visual Communication
2023 | Final Projects
Pagination