The Story of an Architect in a Kibbutz
Vittorio Corinaldi
2024
Edited by Michael Jacobson
Architect Vittorio Corinaldi's planning-design approach, which has its roots in Brazilian architecture, gave him a unique status among his Israeli colleagues, who were mostly educated at the Technion in Haifa, or at European institutions. By choosing to leave Brazil, immigrate to Israel, and join Kibbutz Bror-Hayil, he determined not only the course of his personal life, but also his professional one.
The book displays a selection of his works done over the years - many of them in the south of the country - and the architect's thoughts in retrospect. The book is accompanied by nearly 350 drawings of the works designed by Corinaldi, with historical and contemporary photographs and documents.
The book, edited by architect and architectural researcher Michael Jacobson, was published in February 2024, amid the October 7th war, while the extent of its damage was still being estimated.
- Design: Ilia Bnayahu
- Editing: Michael Jacbson
- Texts: Michael Jacobson, Vittorio Corinaldi, Galia Bar-Or
- Language editing: Dr. Roni Kochavi-Nahav
- Copies: 500
- Pages: 400
- Type of binding: Hard Cover
- Dimensions (cm): 26X23.5
- Reproductions: Itay Ayalon
- Printing: Millennium Ayalon Ltd
- Binding: Millennium Ayalon Ltd
- Type of printing: Offset
- Publication: Asia
- Place of publication: Israel
- Supported by: The Ministry of Culture and Sports, ICL, Israel
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
- ISBN: 978-965-7434-46-8
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Vittorio Corinaldi was born in 1931 in Milan, Italy. In 1939 his family was forced to leave and immigrate to Brazil following the anti-Semitic legislation enacted by Mussolini's fascist regime. He studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Sao Paulo. By the end of World War II, he joined the ranks of the Zionist-Pioneer-Socialist youth movement "Ha-Dror", and in 1955 immigrated to Israel with his friends and settled in Kibbutz Bror Hayil in the northern Negev. He lived there with his wife Yafa for 40 years. Corinaldi worked in the planning department of the Kibbutz Movement and was the office's chief architect for 10 years. He was involved in many projects, including planning residential buildings, educational institutions, public buildings, sports facilities, and urban and regional planning.
