Shelly Cohen is an architect, curator, researcher, and writer based in Israel. She focuses on the social and ethical dimensions of architecture. Her projects critically explore how planning and design affect users and shape everyday life.

2023Routledge

Do architects care? Caring can be understood as an emotion at odds with the requirements of professional architects. Compassion and empathy motivate other kinds of ... Read more

2021Resling

After decades of neoliberal economic policy, a new phase began in the critical discourse in architecture in the early 21st century, which is reflected in ... Read more

2022Architect's House Gallery

A new exhibition summarizing 20 years of activity at the Architect’s House Gallery, rearrange the archive of topics discussed in the exhibitions, and examines the ... Read more

2005Architect's House Gallery

The Israeli space is characterized by ethnic, national, and class divisions. Spatial demarcation distinguishes between Jews and Arabs, Mizrahi Jews and Ashkenazi Jews, rich and ... Read more

2022Architect's House Gallery

A discussion with the participation of researchers, curators, artists and architects who have worked in the gallery over the years is presented in the exhibition ... Read more

2021Architecture and Culture

The Covid-19 pandemic has invited new observations and interpretations of domestic experiences, especially during its periods of quarantine and closure. Our study of people’s use ... Read more

2010Genia Schreiber Gallery

The exhibition “Safe Haven” turns a gaze to the shelter and to the multitude of manifestations of built civilian defense that shape the space and ... Read more

2016Architect's House Gallery

The exhibition posits various alternative programs and uses for malls passed their glory days. For example, Rishon’s late 1980’s Lev Ha-Ir Mall is rapidly deteriorating after attempts at renewal have failed. At the same time, students discovered that many vocational schools have been set up there.

2021The Journal of Architecture

Care ethics places a person’s relationship to another at the heart of related debates. Rooted in feminism, care ethics is a useful tool for exploring ... Read more