This trail starts here

Architect Joshua Einstein was born in New York. He served in the Israel Defense Forces, and worked as a farm welder on a kibbutz. Shuki studied Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion, graduating in 1991. While attending a design class in his final year and making the transition from academic architecture to the real world, Einstein got the idea to create a full installation from making a few sketches. The spatial composition, comprising wood, steel, gravel and the site, is installed in the plaza at the lower entrance to the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. Einstein created the sculpture over several weeks and had his fellow students help install it. Shuki Einstein is an executive board member for Architects Without Borders – Oregon.

His inspiration for this installation involves “… an element of uplifting, taking aged railway ties that typically lie in the ground… creating spaces between the rails and interesting shadows at different times during the day. There is a deliberate focus on minimalism, of materials with a simple order in space and a contrast of old and new materials. The frame of metal with gravel creates the grounding element and connects it to the existing square and campus.”

Railroad ties donated by the Israel Rail Company