ARCH. JONATHAN LETZTER Ph.D. Candidate

Registered Architect - Ph.D. candidate

A curatorial assistant and a researcher at the Azrieli Architectural Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Ph.D. student in architecture, dissertation title:"Libraries in Israel: An Architectural Representation of the Zionist Movement and Israeliness"

M.A. in Architecture, Tel Aviv University, Thesis: "Additions to Historic Buildings - a Hermeneutic Interpretation"

B.A. in Architecture, Tel Aviv University

WORK, TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2004-2005: Tourist guide in the old city of Jerusalem 
2006-2010: 3D computer simulation in architecture and interior design
2008-2009: Research assistant of Dr. Esther Grabiner's, "Community Houses in Israel"
2009-2014: Architect at Amnon Bar Or Architects’ 

2010: B.Arch degree, Tel Aviv University, Azrieli School of Architecture 
2011-2013: Teaching Assistant of Prof. Amnon Bar Or, Survey, Documentation and Evaluation of Historical Buildings
2014: Registered architect in Israel Engineers and Architects registrar
2016: M.A. degree, Summa cum Laude Tel Aviv University, Azrieli School of Architecture 
2014-2019: Lecturer in the course "Spatial Geometry" 
2016-2017: Teaching Assistant of Arch. Simon Fridman, "Material and details"
2017-2022: Researcher at Azrieli Architectural Archive, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art

Teaching Assistant of Prof. Arch. Eran Neuman in seminars, for M.A. students:

  - 2020: "Architecture, Archive, Curation: The Case of Ram Karmi”
  - 2020-2021: "Virtual-Real”

  - 2021-2022: "Architecture, Archive, Curation: The Israeli Case study" 

2021-2022: Teaching Assistant of Prof. Arch. Amos Gitai in the course "Cinema, Architecture and Politics", for M.A. students

ASSISTING IN ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS CURATION

2013: Time of Conservation(Heb.), Prof. Arch. Amnon Bar Or  
2015-2018: Final Projects students' exhibition, Azrieli School of Architecture, Tel-Aviv University

2017-… : Curatorial Assistant (Researcher and curatorial assistant to the curator Prof. Arch. Eran Neuman, at the exhibitions):

  - Arieh Sharon – the Nation's Architect, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2018)

  - The Supreme Court: Sketches, The Azriel Architectural Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2018)

  - Sam Barkai: Eclectic-Modern, The Azriel Architectural Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2019)

  - Human, Pattern: Works from the Collection of Nahum Zolotov, The Azriel Architectural Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2020)

  - The Building: 50 years, The Azriel Architectural Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2021)

  - Primary Sources, The Tel Aviv University Art Gallery (2022)

2018, 2022: "Arieh Sharon – the Nation's Architect", Catalogue, Prof. Arch. Eran Neuman

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2010: B.Arch Final Projects Competition, Azriel School of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, award excellence 
2011: Water-Tower Conservation, honorable mention
2012: Ramat-Yishay, Memorial Center Competition
2014: Dean's Scholarship for M.A. Students, David and Yolanda Faculty of the Arts
2014-2016: Azrieli Fellowship M.A. Program

2016: M.A. degree, Summa cum Laude Tel Aviv University, Azrieli School of Architecture 
2018-2019: Ph.D. Student Scholarship, Tel Aviv University

2019-2021: Azrieli Fellowship Ph.D. Program 

2020: Dan David Prize - (Scholars, Past) Cultural Preservation and Revival

PUBLISHING

- Addition to Historic Building: A Hermeneutic Interpretation, Cogent Arts and Humanities (Q1):  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311983.2022.2079587

- Additions to Historic Buildings: Between Parasite and Prosthetic Architecture, Journal of Architectural Conservation (Q2)

- From Vision to Realization: The Architecture of Culture in the Kibbutzim, Heritage & Society (Q1)     

- The Public Library: An Architectural Representation of a Local Identity, Cultural & Social History (Q3)  

- Architecture, Memory, and Bereavement: Israeli Memorial Centers, Heritage & Society (Q1)

- Knowledge and Prestige: Architecture of Academic Libraries in Israel, The Journal of Academic Librarianship (Q1)

Back to Main