FR222 SANCTUSLOCUS:THETEMPLEMOUNTINJERUSALEMTHEMOSTSACREDPLACEONEARTH 5/18/2012,2:00:00PM3:30:00PM 1.5LU|HSW ProgramDescription ThispresentationexploresthebiblicalandarcheologicalhistoryandimportanceoftheTempleMountinJerusalem arguablythesinglemostimportantreligiousplaceonourplanet.ReveredbyJews,Christians,andMuslims,thisholysitehas beenthelocationofnumerousstructures,includingSolomonstemple;therebuiltsecondtemple(Zerubbabelstemple); Herodsvastlyenlargedtemple;RomantemplestoJupiterandVenus;andtheexisting54acreHarmesSharif,itstowering DomeoftheRockshrine,andthenearbyMosqueofAlAqsa.Solomonsglorioustemplewastheoriginalpermanenthome forthesacredArkoftheCovenant(containingtheTenCommandments),butwhenthebuildingwasdestroyedin587B.C., theArkvanished,andthepresentationwillexploretheoriginandfateofthispowerfulobject.Thepresentationwillalso addressthenumerousfascinatingmythsandlegendssurroundingtheincredibleTempleMountsite.

.KemHinton,FAIA, originallypresentedthisasanarchitectsreviewofSolomonsfabledtemple,yethesoondiscoveredafascinating3,000 yearstoryaboutthelostArk,numeroustemplesatthesacredsite,andthepresentconditionofthisreligiouspowderkeg madeallthemoretenuousbythetragiceventsofSeptember11,2001,andtheseeminglyneverendingconflictinthe MiddleEast. LearningObjectives: EXPLOREANOVERVIEWOFTHETEMPLEMOUNT:ITSLOCATION,ITSLONGANDCOMPLICATEDHISTORY,ITS NUMEROUSSTRUCTURES,ANDITSRELATIONSHIPANDSIGNIFICANCETOTHREEMAJORRELIGIONS RECOGNIZEWHYTHETEMPLEMOUNTISSOIMPORTANTTOTHREEMAJORRELIGIONS,TOWORLDHISTORY,AND TOWORLDPEACE OBSERVETHEARCHITECTUREOFTHEMANYSTRUCTURESPRIMARILYRELIGIOUSTHATHAVEBEENERECTED ONTHESITE EXAMINETHEPLANNINGANDCONSTRUCTIONOFTHETEMPLEMOUNTASWELLASTHEERECTIONAND STRUCTURALACHIEVEMENTSOFITSMOSTIMPORTANTBUILDINGS PROVIDER:KEMHINTON,FAIA SPEAKERS:KEMGARDNERHINTON,FAIA,LEEDAP,BD+C

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Role: Speaker Kem G. Hinton, FAIA, LEED AP, BD+C Founding Principal Tuck-Hinton Architects, Nashville, TN Kem Hinton, FAIA, is founding partner with Seab Tuck, FAIA, of Tuck-Hinton Architects. He was born in Nashville, raised in Murfreesboro, and received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His completed projects include the Tennessee Bicentennial Capitol Mall, TSU Campus Center and its Performing Arts Building, numerous structures at Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church, Admissions Building and Buttrick Hall at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Center, Woodmont Hills Church of Christ, Civil Rights Room at Nashville Public Library, MTSU Sports Hall of Fame, and the Tennessee World War II Memorial. Kem was the author of a 230-page book, A Long Path: The Search for a Tennessee Bicentennial Landmark, which documented the design and completion of the 19-acre Bicentennial Mall (foreword was by Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi). The Mall was recently selected as a "Top Ten Public Spaces" by the American Planning Association. His current design assignments include the Wings of Liberty Museum at Ft. Campbell, MTSU Admissions & Student Services Building, and the National Museum of African American Music. Kem is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, Downtown Nashville Rotary Club, and Belle Meade United Methodist Church. He has been inducted into Leadership Nashville (1995) and Leadership Middle Tennessee (2010). He is married to Marilyn Mabry Hinton, and they have one son, T.J., a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University. Kems hobbies include drawing, history, skiing, hiking, woodworking, and the weekend use of a very sharp chainsaw.

SANCTUS LOCUS: The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

SESSION ID: FR 222 Friday, May 18, 2012 2:00 3:30 PM

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Acknowledgements/Credits
Specialthankstothefollowing organizationsandindividuals:
NationalGeographicSociety TheSmithsonianInstitute Leen &KathleenRitmeyer,Ritmeyer ArchaeologicalDesign PrincetonUniversityPress RosePublishingCompany Kregel Publications Arcturus PublishingCompany Zondervan PublishingHouse NatZitomer &SamiTaha,Jerusalem

AIA/CESQualityStatement
ThisprogramisregisteredwiththeAIA/CESforcontinuing professionaleducation. Assuch,itdoesnotinclude contentthatmay bedeemed orconstrued toconstituteapproval, approval sponsorship or endorsement bytheAIAofanymethod, product, service,enterprise ororganization.Thestatementsexpressed byspeakers, panelists, andotherparticipantsreflecttheirownviewsanddonotnecessarily reflecttheviewsorpositionsofTheAmericanInstituteofArchitects orofAIAcomponents, orthoseoftheirrespectiveofficers,directors, members,employees, orotherorganizations, groups orindividuals associatedwiththem.Questionsrelatedtospecificproducts, publications,andservicesmaybeaddressedattheconclusion ofthis presentation.

LearningObjectives
1. GainabasicunderstandingoftheTempleMount:its locationandcomplicatedhistory, history itsnumerousstructures, structures anditsrelationshipandsignificancetothreemajorreligions 2. Learnwhythisplaceissoimportanttothreemajor religions,toworldhistory,andtoworldpeace 3. Experienceandoverviewofthearchitectureofthe structuresprimarilyreligious thathavebeenbuiltonthe TempleMountandnearbyincludingtheHolySepuchre 4. Appreciatetheplanningandconstructionofthemany structureserectedontheTempleMountandknowofthe currentconditionsandrecentarchaeologicaldiscoveries

Sanctus Locus
An Architects Perspective on the th Temple T l Mount M t in i Jerusalem: The Most Sacred Place on Earth

The Tanach
The Old Testament The Ark Ark of Witness Ark of the Covenant Ark of the Covenant of the God Ark of the Lord Ark of the God of Israel

The Ark is mentioned in the Tanach 203 times.

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1 THISISANOVERVIEW,ANINTRODUCTIONTOTHETEMPLEMOUNT 2 HISTORICINFORMATIONVARIES,ANDHISTORIANSDISAGREEONMANYISSUES 3 ARTISTICINTERPRETATIONS(NOCAMERASINANCIENTDAYS) 4 RESEARCHANDARCHAEOLOGICALEXPLORATIONSCONTINUE;NEWTHEORIES CONSTANTLYEMERGING 5 YOURPRESENTERHASPUREANDNOBLEINTENTIONS,HOWEVER

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MosesandJoshuabowingbeforetheArk, paintingbyJamesJacquesJosephTissot

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TheArkattheerectionoftheTabernacleand thesacredvessels,asinExodus40:1719

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1886GermanAntiqueEngraving.CrosssectionofChurchoftheHolySepulchre

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TheSacredFireofJerusalem
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ArareschematicdrawingoftheDome oftheRockfroman1885BritishOrdinanceSurvey of Jerusalem.

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The Sacred Rock, Jerusalem, 1887 William Simpson

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Capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders

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MountofOlives,byThomasAllom,1845

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The Great Sea Rock-cut cistern under the site of Solomons Temple William Simpson, 1870

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Thank You!
Kem Hinton, FAIA
Tuck-Hinton Architects TuckNashville, Tennessee

khinton@tuck-hinton.com khinton@tuckwww.tuckwww.tuck -hinton.com 615615 -254 254-4100

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K Kem Hinton, Hi FAIA Principal TuckHintonArchitects Nashville,TN

ContactInformation
Kem Hinton,FAIA T kHinton Tuck Hi t Architects A hit t 410ElmStreet Nashville,TN37203 Telephone:6152544100 Email:Khinton@tuckhinton.com Web:www.tuckhinton.com

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