Metropolis > Faculty > Guest Faculty > Yael Moria-Klain & Sigal Barnir
FACULTY
Yael Moria-Klain & Sigal Barnir
Sigal Barnir is a researcher of culture, landscape and architecture and a practicing independent curator. She is a senior lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem in architecture theory and curatorial studies. She received her Masters degree in Architecture & Urban Culture from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Yael Moria-Klain is a Professor of landscape architecture at the Technion – The Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. She is a practicing landscape architect and is partner at Moria-Sekely Landscape Architecture, the firm behind many of Israel's major urban landscaping projects. Moria-Klain is a researcher and curator in the architecture and public space field. She received her Masters degree in Architecture & Urban Culture from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Sigal Barnir and Yael Moria-Klain collaborate in research and architectual projects as well as in education. Their collaboration stems from a joint intention to locate new methods of integration between architectual practice and cultural theory. They have curated various exhibitions together in the field of architecture and public space, including:
2008 "Urban Action" The 1st Bat-Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism (with Tamar Darel-Fossfeld), Israel.
2005 Red Sea Crossings, 2nd Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, The Netherlands.
2004 Back to the Sea, Israeli Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy.
2003 Bereshut ha' Rabim (Public Spaces), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2000 Critical Landscape, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain.
Sigal Barnir & Yael Moria-Kain have published various texts regarding landscape, architecture, and socio-political issues and their reflection in public space, including major catalogues and commissioned essays.