This museum—the country’s first dedicated to design and contemporary culture—opened in 2010 in the city of Holon, Israel. Designed by the Israeli architect Ron Arad, the building uses six winding bands of rust colored COR-TEN steel as its focal point.
The steel pays homage to Holon’s sixteen-year urban regeneration program, and the ribbons both support and flow around a series of internal, box-like gallery spaces. The “bands of steel” design element can be seen both inside and outside the structure and is a technique Arad has used in other designs as well.
