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Our firm was challenged with a project of recycling a home that was built in 1928 by one of the pioneer families of the city, Hana and Abraham Kahana. The goal of the reconstruction was to create a building for the use of the youngsters of the city: providing knowledge, encouraging participation in the Army service, teaching in programs for young leadership, counseling in labor possibilities or guidance in choosing an academic profession.

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For these uses we prepared plans renewing the inside of the building completely. There are six counseling rooms, two large workshop rooms, a big reading area, a kitchenette and administration offices.

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It was important for us to respect the original facades. Around 1940 the building went through changes: big openings were made smaller by building walls out of silicate blocks around the new openings. The lines between the blocks created a pattern which we enhanced by painting the whole building in the same greyish color. Every new element we added on the façade: the veranda, the pergola and the stairs, were made of light materials: glass and silver colored metal. By this we created a contrast between elements of the modern international architecture, and the original local monolithic one.