The second of  a series of three buildings we designed for the pioneer of Hi-Tech industry in Israel – Arye Fingold, founder of Mercury Interactive Corp., later became part of  global HP. This R+D office building features 15,000 sqm in 5 floors, including 300 work stations in open space areas, cafeteria, workout room and underground parking.

In this building, facing building # 1 across the street, the design vocabulary was developed incorporating a curved wall cladded with aluminum strips along the street. An oval opening in the wall serves as an “urban eye” with small open air balconies projecting out of that openimg.

The core contains a 5 floor high atrium at the bulding edge, aiming to become central when future enlargement be executed. A “grand stair” runs throught that atrium like an inner street, (as opposed to a regular “staircase”), connecting all levels one by one, creating also place for casual informal meetings.