The early projects of Zvi Hecker , designed in partnership with Sharon and Neumann , have architectural qualities that were developed later in his career . The officer school ( Bahad 1 ) was built to give a respectable living environment to soldiers in the Negev desert , and special emphasis was given to the large spaces between the structures , in order to form a micro-environment there , separating the people inside from the harsh desert outskirts . Raw concrete was chosen because it did not require constant maintenance and renovation in light of the strong sandy winds . About the school , Hecker said : " The location of the base has a special relevance to the vision of David Ben-Gurion . To build such an important school in a place which is n't the center of the country – in my opinion , that 's the positive side of the State of Israel " . The academy was supplemented later with a synagogue , whose form was complementary and contrasting . The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture says of the architect 's approach to its design , " Eschewing the right angles of international modernism , he turned to crystalline geometry found in nature ... " Another of the Zvi Hecker 's projects in partnership , the Bat Yam City Hall shows the recurrence of geometrical invention that exists throughout his work . One architectural significance of the Bat Yam City Hall - its formal concept , is that it is an inverted pyramid . It is linked to other works of architecture such as Boston City Hall through this form , in addition to their program , similar materials , and time period . The building is patterned on a diagonal grid with concrete , which provides both its structure and aesthetics . The importance of this building was recognized in 1975 with perspective and section illustrations on a postage stamp in the Architecture in Israel series . As of 2003 , Bat Yam City Hall was removed of its signature light shafts , rather than having them renovated . This was because of a perceived structural instability due to weathering over time . Of this removal Dr. Ami Ran wrote , " From an architectural standpoint , removing them is equivalent to dousing the Statue of Liberty 's torch . " Among several projects for memorials , Zvi Hecker designed the solemn '' Page Memorial '' ( 1996 ) with Micha Ullmann and Eyal Weizman . This site-specific memorial commemorates the Jewish community of Kreuzberg , and their Lindenstrasse synagogue which was designed in 1891 by architects Cremer & Wolffenstein . What was once one of the largest religious buildings in Berlin , with a capacity of 1800 ; was ruined by the Nazis in the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom . On the original floor plan , the benches of the synagogue were recreated in concrete , and where the bimah stood , trees are now planted . The designers conceived of the benches as sentences on the pages of the Talmud
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