1956年，约翰逊受以色列政府委托，设计了索雷克核研究中心(Soreq Nuclear Research Center)。该研究中心的目标是保存由美国总统德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔(Dwight D.Eisenhower)领导的美国“原子和平”项目捐赠的核反应堆。
In 1956 Johnson was commissioned by the Israeli government to design the Soreq Nuclear Research Center, aimed to hold a nuclear reactor that had been donated by the American “Atoms for Peace” program, lead by president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Philip Johnson and Gideon Ziv, Sorek Nuclear Research Center, Israel, 1956-9 (from: Zvi Efrat, The Israeli Project: Building and Architecture 1948-1973)
Philip Johnson和Gideon Ziv，Sorek核研究中心，以色列，1956-9(出发地：Zvi Efrat，以色列项目：建筑和建筑，1948-1973)
这座建筑由一个内部庭院组成，四周是混凝土柱廊和厚厚的混凝土墙。约翰逊设计的隔震反应堆位于远端，是一种无窗的20面成型混凝土几何结构。
The building consists of an inner courtyard surrounded by a concrete colonnade and thick concrete walls. Johnson designed the isolated reactor, located at the far end, as a windowless 20 sided geometrical structure of molded concrete.
Philip Johnson and Gideon Ziv, Sorek Nuclear Research Center, Israel, 1956-9 (from: Zvi Efrat, The Israeli Project: Building and Architecture 1948-1973)
Philip Johnson和Gideon Ziv，Sorek核研究中心，以色列，1956-9(出发地：Zvi Efrat，以色列项目：建筑和建筑，1948-1973)
公开混凝土的野蛮属性在20世纪50年代在以色列很普遍，这与10年前以色列建国时出现的社会主义思想是一致的。这座建筑立即成为以色列建筑的象征，出现在以色列的纸币和邮票上。(鼓掌)
The brutalistic attribute of exposed concrete was common in Israel in the 1950’s, in accordance with the socialistic ideas that had emerged at Israel’s establishment only ten years earlier. The building became an instant icon of Israel’s architecture, appearing on Israeli notes and stamps.
Nuclear Research Center stamp, Designed by Paul Kor
核研究中心邮票，保罗·科尔设计
1966年，约翰逊访问以色列时，由于采取了严厉的安全措施，他无法进入这座建筑，但它却成了他最喜欢的建筑之一：
Severe security measure prevented Johnson from entering the building in his visit to Israel in 1966, and yet it became one of his favorite buildings:
“以色列Rehovot的核反应堆是我在沙漠中的神庙。再一次清晰的计划，有一个内部庭院。覆盖实际反应堆球的翘曲板是我以后工作中经常使用的一个特性.“[1]
“The nuclear reactor in Rehovot, Israel, is my temple in the desert. Again the clear plan, with an inner courtyard. The warped panels covering the actual reactor sphere are a feature I have used often in my later work…” [1]
Philip Johnson and Gideon Ziv, Sorek Nuclear Research Center, Israel, 1956-9 (from: Zvi Efrat, The Israeli Project: Building and Architecture 1948-1973)
Philip Johnson和Gideon Ziv，Sorek核研究中心，以色列，1956-9(出发地：Zvi Efrat，以色列项目：建筑和建筑，1948-1973)
但是谁邀请了美国著名的首席技术人员来设计以色列的核设施呢？官方意见称，时任以色列国防部副部长和总统的西蒙·佩雷斯(Shimon Peres)是约翰逊工作的支持者，并要求他在以色列建造一座建筑。然而，约翰逊的传记表明，正是约翰逊本人发起了该委员会，以消除他对反犹太主义的污名：
But who invited the famous American archictect to design an Israeli nuclear facility? The official opinion states that Shimon Peres, then deputy defense minister and today president of Israel, was a fan of Johnson’s work and asked him to build a structure in Israel. However, Johnson’s biography suggests that it was Johnson himself that initiated the commission in order to erase his stigma of anti-semitism:
“最终目标[是.]说服菲利普的美国对手认识到，他终于被清洗干净，他的罪过，至少是一个实体的犹太国家本身。“[2]。
“the ultimate goal [was…] to persuade Philip’s American antagonists to recognize that he has at last and formerlly been washed clean of his sins, by no less an entity than the government of the Jewish state itself.” [2]
无论是以色列还是约翰逊本人，索雷克中心仍然是一个迷人的现代主义纪念碑，相对不为建筑现场所知。(鼓掌)
Whether solicited by Israel or by Johnson himself, the Soreq Center remains a fascinating modernist monument, relatively unknown on the architectural scene.
Model. Philip Johnson and Gideon Ziv, Sorek Nuclear Research Center, Israel, 1956-9 (from: Zvi Efrat, The Israeli Project: Building and Architecture 1948-1973)
模特。Philip Johnson和Gideon Ziv，Sorek核研究中心，以色列，1956-9(出发地：Zvi Efrat，以色列项目：建筑和建筑，1948-1973)
[1]希拉里·刘易斯，菲利普·约翰逊的建筑
[1] Hillary Lewish, The Architecture of Phillip Johnson
[2]Franz Schulze，Philip Johnson：生活和工作
[2] Franz Schulze, Philip Johnson: Life and Work
建筑师菲利普约翰逊位置索雷克，以色列类能源工厂项目年1960年
Architects Philip Johnson Location Soreq, Israel Category Energy Plant Project Year 1960
