adi efraim Selected Projects 2005-2014
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adi efraim Selected Projects 2005-2014
adi efraim
MSAUD GSAPP: Design
research
08 / Delhi Densing
38 / Banana in China
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Israel Railways
22 / Hyperformance FDR
Intend to invest in electrifying the train nation wide
$ $$$
Haifa Municipa Mixed use development Public space
42 / Lower Manhattan is Resilient
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Israel Roa
Add anothe toll road to
26 / Healthy New Rochelle | East Harlem
44 / Rethinking Haifa’s Master Plan
48 / Life Habits in Milan, 2009
installations
master planning
architecture
52 / Pink Chairs, 2010
62 / Residential Neighborhood
76 /Jerusalem Nature Museum, 2012
54 / We <3 to Built in Jerusalem, 2012
64 / Vipassana Meditation Center
80 / Visitors Center, Italy 2009
56 / ArchiParchiTura in Haifa, 2011
66 / Tel Aviv Yarkon Park, 2010
84 / Dormitories in Haifa, 2006
But I don’t want to go home yet!! It is a beautiful sunny day, I want to stay outside!
58 / Hacking the Urban Experience
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People’s Garden
86 / The “Beat” Music Club, 2008
MSAUD design
Central Vista Lutyenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bunglows Zone
Lodhi Gardens
Dilli Haat
INA market
M Future Metro Station
Kidwai Nagar A
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South Extension B
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delhi densing
Rethinking the city’s master plan Delhi is facing a 36% population increase, from 21 million to over 28 million people, in the next decade. If the city maintains its current zonal planning methods and its swath based appreciation of heritage, it will continue to develop itself into a further segregated, inaccessible, and inequitable city. Our project addresses this issue from the top down; engaging with the stake holders who can create change, with a radical rethinking of Delhi’s planning methods. We seek to develop a strategic planning method that is reactionary and flexible. It is dynamic, based on prospective changes and allows neighborhoods to maintain a unique identity while simultaneously becoming a piece of a larger orchestrated system within the city. This project is a critique, and a critical rethinking, of the way Delhi plans its city and the way its physical environment manifests itself. The City, and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), has plans and projects under construction in the south of New Delhi, in Kidwai Nagar. This new development is the poster child for the type of development which results from their planning methods: single use, monotonous, disorienting, and placeless spaces. DDA’s proposal, and the Kidwai Nagar neighborhood, is the city’s test site. Once deemed successful this development will be replicated throughout the city in the Government housing districts. This development opportunity is the jumping point for “Strategic Densification”. How can we redirect and guide the incoming growth in a better, more cohesive and spatial successful way.
DESIGN TEAM: Tyler Cukar, Zuhal Kuzu, Adi Efraim.
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Building Typology
Connaught Place
Government Housing type 1-5
Government Housing type 7-8
Vehicle Travel + Air Pollution Raj Path (Kings way) Wide Boulevards
Crowded Ring Roads Lutyens Bungalow Zone
INSIDE
Communal Open Space 14 sf/person
OUTSIDE
Ringroad Rail
Ringroad
Income/ Year/ Person
$63
Poverty Line India
$180
Minimum wage India
Open Space
$450
World Poverty Line
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$600
$1,081
Gov. housing: type 1 type 2
Private Yards 600 sf/person
Population Density Dense Communties 83 people/acre
Underutilized 28 people/acre
OUTSIDEINSIDE $1,672
$2,360
type 3
type 4
$2,970 $3,619 $4,400 $4,819 type 5
type 6
type 7
type 8
DENSIFICATION WORLD WIDE
Delhi, as a city, faces high levels of segregation on many levels throughout the entire city. They face the obvious types of segregation in the form of: population density, income levels, vehicle numbers, but they face some other segregation types which are extremely evident in the built environment, such as: building typology, open space typology and scale, and air pollution levels. Though these take shape in various forms throughout the city the real stand out issue is their contrasting relationships geographically. This is made evident at the South edge of Lutyens’ Delhi between the ring road and the ring rail. At this juncture the levels in all previously mentioned issues drastically flip to the opposing value: large bungalows to multifamily apartments, private yards to communal space, little air pollution to dangerously high levels of pollution.
The city is aware of these problems, and they are aware of their incoming population increase; however, the city’s planning methods do not address these issues head on. The city’s planning method, in fact, will further compartmentalize these issues and further perpetuate and inflate their impact on the city.
DDA’s Planning Method Static Patches
Delhi’s Current Structure
Lutyen’s Delhi
Yamuna River
Population Increase + Development Pressure + “Hands Off” Lutyens’ Delhi
Amplifying the Donut
Strategic Densification Reactionary Design
Population Increase + Development Distribution + Reappropriation of Views Towards Heritage
Piercing the Donut
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DIRECTION OF DEVELOPMENT IS CRITICAL TO EMPLIFY OR PIERCE THE DONUT
Direction of development is critical to emplify or pierce the donut LINK Connaught Place & Old Delhi
Predicted DDA Development
Critical Nodes of Intervention Piercing Strategies
Embassies
BLUR Connection between hard and soft edges
STITCH Inter neighborhood connection
BRIDGE & INTEGRATE 12 adi efraim portfolio 2014
Bridge infrastructure to integrate neighborhoods
DENSIFICATION WORLD WIDE
Existing
Proposed Design Guidlines
1 CP + OLD DELHI LINK: CONNECTION BETWEEN 7TH CITY & IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL CENTER 52째
2 CP + CENTRAL VISTA LINK: LINK FROM CEREMONIAL BLVD TO COMMERCIAL CORE
3 LUTYENS BUNGALOW ZONE: INTENSIFICATION OF LBZ CORRIDOR
4 KIDWAI NAGAR: GOV. HOUSING COLONY
Main axis & Nodes
Subway Line
Heritage
5 HAUZ KHAS: 2ND CITY OF DELHI URBAN VILLAGE Green Link
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GSAPP UD STUDIO SPRING 2014 CURRENT SITUATION
No. of units Housing Types No. of floors Coverage Office & Commercial
2,300 2-4 2 30% 10,000 sm
DDA’S PLAN I
No. of units Housing Types No. of floors Coverage Office & Commercial
4,747 1-7 15 27% 104,000 sm
DDA’S PLAN II
No. of units Housing Types No. of floors Coverage Office & Commercial
4,747 1-7 15 27% 104,000 sm
STRATEGIC DENSIFICATION
No. of units Housing Types
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No. of floors Coverage Commercial
8,400 1-7 + EWS + Shelters 2- 15 35% 85,000 sm
If zonal planning and the DDA’s proposals are allowed to be played out the donut, that is New Delhi, with its socio economic and built segregations, will only be amplified. As illustrated on the left, DDA’s proposal would result in a field of a monotonous tower in the park buildings strewn throughout the donut; essentially creating a wall around New Delhi. Strategic planning begins by identifying the 4 axes that would link the city, but more importantly focuses on the nodes at the intersections of the axes and donuts edge, in this case the ring road and the ring rail. The strategy deployed at these moments is critical. The method used will either propel the density along the axes or further push the density East and West further amplifying the donut.
DENSIFICATION WORLD WIDE
1: IDENTIFY Locate monuments, transit, public space
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Establish primary pedestrian connections through sites and to surroundings
3: INSERT Place new Community facility and educational buildings
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Create primary vehicular access through site
5: EMPHASIZE Develop Fabric along primary axes and corridors
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6: DEFINE
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Articulate and recognize different typologies of public open space
7: INFILL Infill “micro” neighborhood fabrics
8: COMPLETED Spatially rich urbanized Kidwai Nagar
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GSAPP UD STUDIO SPRING 2014 Kidwai Nagar | Connections to adjacent neighborhoods and Housing verity
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HOUSING TYPOLOGY
OPEN SPACE TYPOLOGY
DENSIFICATION WORLD WIDE
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GUIDED
GUIDED OPEN SPACE Public 15,000-40,000 Sq.ft. Program Suggested: Market Stalls, Seating Squares
FIXED
1 MIXED-USE TOWER
B
2-3 Story Comm. Base 8-13 Story Res. Tower Gov. Housing 6-8 + Private Res.
“Space between” buildings Smallest area: Self appropriated space
LOCKED PUBLIC SPACE Semi Public 9,000-20,000 Sq.ft. Program Fixed: Playgrounds, Ball Fields, Gardens FLEXIBLE
MOVEMENT Market structures, seating arrangments Communal scale: program suggested space
Playgrounds, ball fields, gardens Varied scale: fixed program spaces
2 MIXED-USE APARTMENT Ground Floor Comm. 4-8 Story Res. Gov. Housing 2-6 + Private Res.
MOVEMENT Market structures, seating arrangments Communal scale: program suggested space 3 WALK-UP BUILDING
Ground Floor Comm. + Res. 3-4 Story Total Gov. Housing 1-5
C CORRIDOR/MOVEMENT BASED
FLEXIBLE
Public >100,000 Sq.ft. Varied Program:wildgrasses, Ecological Corridor GUIDED
Playgrounds, ball fields, gardens Varied scale: fixed program spaces D FLEXIBLE OPEN SPACE Semi Private 2,000-9,000 Sq.ft. Unprogramed: Fully Self Appropriable
4 SEMI-DETACHED
Residential Only 2-3 Story Total Gov. Housing 1-6
Greenways+Ecologial Corridors Largest area: facilitates movement
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“Space between” buildings Smallest area: Self appropriated s
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Main Public Greenway
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DENSIFICATION WORLD WIDE
B
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Green pathway in a micro neighborhood scale
B
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DDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Proposal
27% Ground Coverage +205% Residents Housing types
1-7
Our Proposal
35% Ground Coverage +365% Residents Housing types 1-7 + EWS + Shelters
Kidwai Nagar
Janpath Axis
Entire Delhi
DDA Ours Current How planning affects density in a neighborhood, district and a city scale? 20 adi efraim portfolio 2014
DENSIFICATION WORLD WIDE
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Main commercial street in Kidwai Nagar
LUTYENS’ DELHI STRATEGIC DENSIFICATION PROPOSED EXISTING = DDA
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Waterfront
Protection
3 activation points on the FDR | Multiple users
Wall St
Physical commerce
Commerce
Finance
HYPERFORMANCE FDR
A resilient edge for Lower Manhattan Leisure
Resiliency
Tourism
Residence
Evolution of roles throughout history
Designed with: Priscila Coli, Taehyung Park, Wen Wu. Instructor: Tricia Martin. Faculty: Kaja Kühl, Earl Jackson, Walter Meyer, Michael Piper, Emily Weidenhof. 22 adi efraim portfolio 2014
Manhattan’s water front has changed repeatedly throughout history, in form and function. While the island kept expanding, the water receded away from the public; and it transformed from a place of defense to commerce and leisure, and back to defense from the risks of climate change. The increase in residential spaces in Lower Manhattan emphasizes the need to design a well-protected neighborhood; and create an environment that generates a vibrant lifestyle to its new tenants. There is a clear tension between the need to protect and the will to connect between the people and the water. The FDR, as an infrastructure that follows the water line; and
a great potential of new vacant land, enables a systematic approach to handle multiple goals: resiliency, transportation sequence, plug-in programs, and air-rights utilization; and hence reply both opposing demands. The Wall Street- South Street junction as an example for the system’s performance will demonstrate its feasibility to serve all users: residents, Fi-Re industry and tourists. Its features will facilitates water flow control, revive unused streets by giving it a pedestrian preference, add amenities by using the “new land” of the FDR, and bring the water experience back to the public. The Wall Street junction, along with two other points on the FDR, Fulton and Whitehall, will provide the initial activation of the entire FDR as a new protective system; and will encourage future investments.
5 BOROUGH STUDIO RESILIENCY Current situation
Waterfront
Hyperformance FDR
South St Padestrian
Existing Building
Typical FDR cross section during a flood | Wall st South st intersection
Utilize street life
$$$
Activate Wall St. fasades FDR as wave protection Clear parking under FDR
Exceed the height limit in exchange for Air rights New land without building on the east river
$$$
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Activating the street level Adding cultural value
Structure water protection & HVAC system
Offices over Bars & restaurants
Elevated outdoor Acoustic barrier
Culture Center
Residence
Culture Center
B
Transportation hub
Market
Store front
Wet recreation
Frame | View from Wall St to Brooklyn
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Bringing the water back to the city
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Children’s Pool
Vegetation Pond
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GSAPP UD STUDIO FALL 2013 Harvest Home
URBAN HEALTH
East Harlem & New Rochelle Reclaiming & activating hidden assets The health of an individual and a society, both physically and mentally, is affected directly by the city’s unique assets and their degree of vitality. Our design approach is to reveal and utilize the hidden assets in order to improve the city’s vigor and hence it’s health.
URBAN HEALTH
Hunter College
Thomas Jefferson Recreation Centre
School of social work
WAGNER
JEFFERSON
est.1958 2,154 apts 22 buildings
est. 1959 1,487 apts 18 buildings
New Rochelle
CARVER
KING TOWER est. 1954 1,373 apts 10 buildings
est,1958 1,246 apts 13 buildings
3rd Ave
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Designed with: Zuhal Kuzu, Ninoshka Henrique, Betty Fan, Feyza Koksal. Faculty: Skye Duncan, Justin Moore, Lee Altman, Christopher Kroner, Dongsei Kim, Sandro Marpillero. 26 adi efraim portfolio 2014
Commercial Corridor
El Museo Del Barrio New York's leading Latino visual arts cultural institution
Bu sin e
Accessible Health Care
est.1941 1,158 apts 10 buildings
Manhattan east school for arts and academics
est.1958 2,154 apts 22 buildings
WASHINGTON est,1957 1,501 apts 14 buildings
Museum Mile 5th Ave Museums Art and Culture
What kind of opportunities are needed ? Where are the current opportunities ?
Recreation
EAST RIVER
Middle School 224
Mount Sinai Hospital
Home Resilient Ownership Community
Pools Soccer Field Baseball Fields
Metropolitan Hospital
TAFT
est. 1948 1,308 apts
Bu sin e
Mental
For Science and Mathematics
JOHNSON
tion uca Ed
East Harlem
Physical
Recrea tio n
Ca re er
ucation Ed
Opportunities in the city
Jobs &
Manhattan Centre
Farmers Market Inc.
East Harlem | Hidden essets
URBAN | LIFE | SUPPORT health
Currently there are 26,000 rent regulated apartments in East Harlem.
Reestablishing the streets
Every year 410 units expire. Furthermore, with the development of the 2nd ave subway line, an increase in rent is expected in the neighborhood.
Infill strategy
Identifying Potential Infill Sites | taking 30 ft offset from existing NYCHA buildings Commercial infill
2
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Phase 1 & 2
Program Infill
Residential tower infill
Construction
East Harlem The very evident threat of displacement, along with the low rate of privately owned apartments and the segregated NYCHA community cause a sense of insecurity in East Harlem. Physically, there is a visible separation of the urban fabric between NYCHA properties and the rest of East Harlem. Reestablishing the streets back into New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grid will break the highly excluded pattern of NYCHA, and rise the visibility of East Harlem towards the street, relieving some of the feeling of insecurity.
Zoom Phase 3 Relocate residents and demolish existing NYCHA buildings
Zoom
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Increasing the private and communal ownership is essential to the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. By identifying assets in the form of institutes, such as Hunter College, we create a social network that provides a variety of job opportunities along with acquiring new skills.The next phase will introduce new infill residential buildings, relocate residents, and replace the empty NYCHA buildings with new affordable housing. The phasing aim to assure a more resilient community while retaining the existing residents and culture of East Harlem.
New art program operated in cooperation with Hunter College | 3rd ave
NEW RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL
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Programs-NYCHA Cooperation
URBAN | LIFE | SUPPORT health
Inner cooporation between institutes in Harlem & NYCHA new program infill
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Central Park
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Regional Context & Accessibility
In New Rochelle not many are the places that reach their full potential. Multiple vacancies, under use, missed opportunities and lack of connection between North and South shaped the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban fabric in the last 3 decades. Nonetheless New Rochelle has important assets that could use as a leverage for urban development and a source of revenues.
By empowering the existing potential in both downtown and waterfront and positioning different types of active public realms, we create a pull from downtown to the waterfront on the immediate scale. In a bigger city wide scale, we establish a connection through a Marathon route that will be active once a year to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full potential, but will create a year long business oportunities and generate infrastructure improvements. portfolio 2014 adi efraim
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GSAPP UD STUDIO FALL 2013 For full Marathon runners
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Enhance activity in the DownTown
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Utilize natural assets in the WaterFront
B
A
2nd RoundMarathon
One Round1/2 Marathon
End
Marathon Route | North-South Active Connection
URBAN | LIFE | SUPPORT health New Roc City Loop of public transportation
Hidden Assets
Monroe College Revenue from students Sport activities
Train Station
Isaac E Young middle
5 min walk to DownTown 20 min walk to Water Front
Large open space School property > open to the public Sport facilities
Harbor
Waterfront
Dirty water Difficult topography School property > open to the public Sport facilities
New Rochelle has 5.5 miles of unused waterfront Gated communities, restricted private areas, Parks=Potential Topography
Parking Lots
3 Baseball courts
Underused
North-South connections
Proposed
Current Situation
Weekend occupancy Closed from the street Young audience
Vacant Spaces
Open Spaces
400 retail spaces 100,00 Sq ft
Outdoor activities Health
Tram route
Marathon starting point
New CampusMonroe College (Relocation)
B
2 Tennis courts
Weekdays & weekends Crossfit Weekdays & weekends Skating 2 Tennis courts
Weekdays: practices Weekends: games
A Currently, New Rochelle has distinct mental and physical cycles of development. Any development is rarely pushed to its full potential with the fear of bringing in crime and unrest. Physically, the downtown area is in the form of a loop, which mirrors the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notion of enclosed and constrained urban growth.
Weekdays Yoga & Pilates
Water emerge
Bike share points
New active recreation area Weekends: training Once a year: Marathon
Marathon ending point
Event space
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Over time we envision that New Rochelle can become a destination of active recreation for the entire region. In our design, we use the hidden assets as an activator both in the downtown as well as along the “pull” to the waterfront.
B
Seating & wet Recreation
The “pull” | a view from NEW ROC roof towards the waterfront
Swimming Pool Drinking Fountain
Water Collection from NewRoc’s Roof
While doing so, we create an active and healthy public realm, which starts from the downtown, passes through the “New Waterfront” and ends at the existing Waterfront which would become the end destination.
Bike Share
The “Pull” | New development in the Downtown 34 adi efraim portfolio 2014
URBAN | LIFE | SUPPORT health
Connecting the Downtown NR to the waterfront with Active Recreation
A New Waterfront | Year long active recreation
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research
gsapp research
BANANA IN CHINA From a vulnerable industry to a sustainable system The banana industry worldwide is very complex, dealing with range of issues from human rights to environmental issues. The banana is very sensitive fruit and plant to severe weather conditions, diseases and fast ripening; concerns that are evident especially when the fruit has to travel long distances from field to consumption. There are artificial solutions for prolonging the bananaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ripening period, but doing so the final product is far from its original taste and texture. Xixiantang Town in South China deals with long travel issues daily. In order to reach to Shanghai, it takes between 2 to 3 weeks of travel, and accordingly the price of the product increases tremendously. To address those two issues of distance and flavor modification we create a unique urban experience in Xixiantang Town itself. It will offer an exclusive resort including multiple industries cooperation, education center, and banana tasting for the sophisticated palate.
RESEARCH TEAM: Zuhal Kuzu, Ye Zhang, Adi Efraim. 38 adi efraim portfolio 2014
fall 2013 banana in china
China is the second largest producer of Bananas in the world, after India.
China
Banana is the most important import in China, in the rate of 22% of all imports.
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Taiwan
Guangxi Hainan
Harvest Oct- Feb
Harvest June- Oct
Philippines
Harvest March- June
Million tons
Kenya
Guangdong
Xixiangtang Town
4.45
Nanning Zone 1 1.51 0.95
Zone 1
In 2013, by July, The Philippines exported to China $90,413,508 worth of Bananas = 14% of their Banana exports.
Zone 4
Banana Consumption 9.3kg
Zone 2 5kg
0.88
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
World Average
Zone 3
80% import
China
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gsapp research
Banana Time Table
Ethylene
Store
Rapid Transportation
Harvest
> Kept cold > 3-4 weeks
> Picked Green > Year Round
Destination country
13°c
Home
> Chemically induced > Room temperature > Few days > Few days
Ripening in airtight rooms
Xixiantang Town | South China
Can prolong to 3-4 weeks with Ethylene absorbent materials
1-2 days
Xixiangtang Town
2-3 hours
NanNing
20~30 ton
2-3 days
Guangzhou-
10-12 days
National hub
3-5 days
20~30 ton
4-6 hours
Price
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Labour
8 hours / days isolated
12%
Do we even know what is the real taste of a Banana? 4%
Barges Pattern
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Building Pattern
> Food Security > Workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rights > Pesticides: Human Rights Soil Treatment Animal Rights
2.93-4.03Y/K
12%
fall 2013 banana in china
XIXIANGTANG RESORT
Industries Cooporation
Tourism
Banana tasting Corp tours
Banana $0.50
Chips $1.20
Smoothie $6.00
Pie $10.00
DAMING MOUNTAIN
XIXIANGTANG TOWN
Education Cooking classes Industries tour Banana crops
Support Industry
Natural land
Transportation and Farmers market
Hotels and Recreation
Our Grand Tour
NANNING PROVINCE YANGMEI ANCIENT TOWN
SHUTTLE
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World Trade Center:
Finance Icon/Man Made Disruption1970-2001, Current
South Ferry
Transit hub/Natural Disaster 1904-Current
South Street Seaport
Tourist Destination/Natural Disaster 1967-Current
Data Centers
Re-purposed towers housing various routing and data processing hardware
Data Center
Data Center
South Ferry
(+/-)-40’ below sea level
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Ship route 1880
LIBERTY
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Largest Stock Exchange Markets in the World
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Germany 3.93% Israel 0.3%
India 5.65%
#11 #10
#3 #5
Japan 5.63%
#6
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KINGSTON
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Original Edge
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ECONOMIC DISRUPTION
WTC
NA%
As the character of lower Manhattan alters away from a physical location of financial institutions it transforms into a symbol of this ideal. Lower Manhattan now must react with new primary catalysts and the memory of finances. Lower Manhattans reaction to all disturbances will be greater and grander because of this.
Economic Trend/Crisis-1884-Current
E OP%
Lower Manhattan is resilient because it has to be. Over the course of time Lower Manhattan has had a plethora of events and disturbances to respond to. Like other cities after disaster the city rebuilds, however, Lower Manhattan has consistently responded in a more grandiose and seemingly over the top fashion. The reason for this is simple, money. Lower Manhattan reacts to all disturbances, positive and negative, with money as the catalyst for response. Lower Manhattan has been the center of the world’s finances for 100 plus years. Now, however, the paradigm is shifting.
Paradigm Shift-1700s-Current
Wall Street:
EU
Research | What shaped Manhattan?
Original Edge
AN%
LOWER MANHATTAN IS RESILIENT
LEVITTOWN #9
5 BOROUGH STUDIO RESILIENCY
Influence
Money
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Physical location
Sandy’s actual inundation
Befo
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Battery Park City
Symbol
Categoty #2 Inundation
Categoty #3 Inundation
AGRICULTURE
WATER FR
1925
INDUSTRY
- FIRST IRT LIN 1904 EB
FINANCE
others
0-IRT BMT & IND 194 M
Residences 1966 Commercial Uses Maritime
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
COMMISSIONER’S PLAN
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1860
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Research made with: Tyler Cukar, Zuhal Kuzu, Wen Wu. Instructor: Tricia Martin. Faculty: Kaja Kühl, Earl Jackson, Walter Meyer, Michael Piper, Emily Weidenhof. 2010
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GSAPP UD SEMINAR SPRING 2014 Government of Israel/ IDF
Israel Railways National Roads Company Israel Ports
National Train
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From the master plan 2014 | Public access and pollution
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A critique of the new master plan Haifa has been facing waterfront issues for decades. Its only master plan was drafted in 1934 during the British Mandate, and it is clearly archaic. 80 years later the city still doesn’t know what to do with its water front with highly polluting industrial area, military facilities, active industrial port and massive transportation infrastructure; all in which cause a public disconnection from a potential asset.
Lack of public access Infrastructure Heavy Industry
HAIFA’S PUBLIC WATERFRONT
Active Recreation Parks
A new master plan is on the table at the moment, still unapproved and waiting for the public’s objection. This is an opportunity to envision a new vital area for the public, but instead it is perpetuating the current condition and does not address basic issues of accessibility, air and water pollution, and deterioration of infrastructure. Also in the pipeline is a national plan to electrify the entire railway system. Haifa’s public is pressuring the city to seize this opportunity of construction, sink the rails and open a pass to the waterfront. Obviously, the cost of sinking the rails is different from merely electrifying the rails above grade, hence cooperation is needed.
form & fabric negotiations
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Israel Railways Along the 2.5 km stretch blocking the water there is a chance to develop a new entrance to the city and a commercial corridor that will prioritize pedestrians, add a toll road and triple the capital available for investment. Haifa municipality will build new residential and commercial area and with its revenue will help sink the rails and develop outdoor public spaces that connect the city and the waterfront in multiple places; Israel Railways will use the money for the electrification in the digging; and Israel Roads will invest one third of the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cost to build tunnels for a toll road.
Intend to invest in electrifying the train nation wide
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behavior and the city urban study
Behaviour and the city
It was a unique situation. I had a whole year to get familiar with the city, yet I knew my time was limited, and I was determined to maximize it. I was an outsider observing the city and tried to fit in to its hectic schedule. It takes time to adjust to the special lifestyle of Milan. There are customs and habits that the Milanese share amongst themselves, perhaps without even noticing. An outsider learns these things only through experience. When I needed to catch a flight to Rome in the early morning and discovered there wasn’t any public transportation, I caught the last subway train the night before and spent an unpleasant night on the central bus station’s cold floor waiting for the first shuttle to the airport. A milder learning experience was when I planned to go out for a drink at 10pm, and found all of the bars starting to close. I realized I had to change my inner clock and adjust to a 6pm aperitivo if I wanted to 48 adi efraim portfolio 2014
student live in Milan
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student study in Milan
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Research Question I started to ask myself if my learned behavior fit the patterns of the city, or if the city’s workings itself modify patterns of inhabitant? Because I was not a permanent resident in Milan, I decided to examine my question in an empirical way to try to discover Milan’s “target audience”? Who does Milan serve best? I handed out questionnaires to three age groups divided amongst Milan’s residents and commuters. I asked questions about
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In my 4th year of my B.Arch I had the privilege to experience Milan as an exchange-student. In addition to my full university schedule, I had a part time job in an architect’s office and also travelled throughout Europe.
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their routine use of public transportation, in consideration of public transportation running from 06 :00-00 :30, with most university and work hours starting around 09 :30. I asked about their habits using public services to draw a composite sketch of the individual that Milan serves the best.
Conclusions The Milan lifestyle in this study is compared to my Israeli daily routine. The first issue I addressed is when the city wakes up. Public services, such as post offices, banks, groceries store, and even
urban study behaviour and the city 58%
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coffee shops open only at around 10 :00 am, whereas those in Israel open as early as 8 :00. I discovered this doesn’t mean that Milanese wakes up later, but rather that their morning activity takes place elsewhere. The typical Milanese family wakes up at around 7 :00, eats breakfast, and leisurely prepares the kids for school. Because the school starts at 08 :00 and adults do not begin work until 09 :00- 09 :30, the parents have enough time to take their kids to school, drink a cup of coffee, and calmly walk or cycle to work. The day start calmly, it continues in comfort.
When a city declares that it is important for parents to take their own kids to school, without needing to hire help or be late for work, this conveys a message about family values and personal priorities. In Israel, when one must commute into Tel-Aviv, he has two options : either drive the kids to school and know he will be late, and most certainly be rebuked by his boss and develop ongoing stress, or wake up and leave the house before the kids awake to avoid traffic and arrive at work on time. While in Israel there is a contradiction between having a career and having a family, in Milan both are possible because of the city’s accepted schedule.
Over all the Milanese allow themselves more breaks during the day, and the city’s schedule reflects an understanding that work isn’t all there is to life To live in Milan and adapt meant I had to change my own values, priorities and personal schedule. My findings suggested that Milan’s target audience fits a cross-section of people, but mostly meeting the demographics of upper-middle class adults, between the ages of 30-50, who hold steady jobs and have children, and do not necessarily own a car. As I see it, this city is less appealing for teenagers or students than say, Berlin, and less appealing for pensioners as Miami. portfolio 2014 adi efraim 49
installations
PINK CHAIRS INSTALLATIONS
pink chairs
Hosting the holiday on Haifaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s streets After my graduation, I co-founded a collective called PoSTudio. We were a group of young architects wanting to continue to operate as a studio in terms of sharing ideas, developing concepts, and collaborating. At the same time we wanted to examine how our urban and architectural theories performed in reality to discover how can we effect on our built environment. In October 2010, we were invited by the municipality of Haifa to participate in the international film festival and build an installation for the upcoming sukkot holiday. We formulated a position paper addressing the importance of the holiday in the sense of hosting, and interpreted it as hosting within an urban space. We collected more than 200 chairs, painted them in pink, a cheerful holiday color, and made them a whole new set. This set of chairs served to accommodate the public of the Carmel Center. Each chair had a noun written on it, an element that helped the public feel a connection to the chairs for the upcoming sukkot holiday. The chairs were arranged in the Carmel Center Auditorium Plaza and the streets around it during the week of the festival. We asked the public to adopt the chairs, so slowly we watched all chairs disappear and find new homes. 52 adi efraim portfolio 2012
We formulated a position paper addressing the importance of the holiday in the sense of hosting, and interpreted it as hosting within an urban space. The observation process was an interesting one because the crowd raised many questions regarding who the chairs belonged to. Individuals sitting on our chairs made them part of our group, and after the chairs were taken home, the chairs continued to live amongst the community. This project truly taught me the joy of teamwork. We worked as a small family with a shared goal as we prepared for the festival, saw it run its course, and made observations after the fact. We painted, moved, and arranged chairs, we ate holiday dinner together, and really experienced the sense of unity that came with the chairs. I also learned that the design process does not end in the execution, but it continues at the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. We as planners can watch from the sidelines with enjoyment. I have learned to release the rigidness in planning and accept the productâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new owner once it is out of my hands.
INSTALLATIONS PINK CHAIRS
Postudio are :
Amit Matalon, Haifa, Israel. Idan Lederman, Haifa, Israel. Yuval Rubinstein, Haifa, Israel. Alon Shikar, Tel Aviv, Israel. Omri Rimon, Haifa, Israel. Moshe Zagai, Haifa, Israel. Adi Efraim, Haifa, Israel.
Haifa, Israel.
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wE <3 to build installations
we love to build
FestiConference in Jerusalem In 2012 the city of Jerusalem held a summit for artists who had chosen to work together as collectives. Our group assembled architects living in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and London, and was invited by the organizers to make an installation interpreting the Hansen building which the summit was held in. The Hansen building, planned by Conrad Schick and Theodor Sandel, is located in Jerusalemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talbiyah neighborhood and is listed as one of a 110 buildings to be preserved in Jerusalem. The building, which was built in 1887, served in the past as a hospital for patients suffering from leprosy.
Love to build- Concept Our group wanted to address a shared feeling that today many sites and buildings are constructed without feeling, serving technical actions that divide space by engineering lines and serve solely functional considerations. For us, this impassive situation is only the foundation for our creative process during which we study the uniqueness of each situation we encounter.
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We aim to explore the deepest origins of the site, reduce it to its elements, break them apart, examine each part individually, change them, and reassemble them, all while preserving the essential essence of the site.
Gruop members are :
In our Hansen project we chose to reconceptualize an empty space on the second floor by highlighting its individuality through different architectural actions. The simple use of materials helped us to emphasize elements that are usually unnoticeable in the space: the delicate fabric of the stone flooring, the view framing made by the door to the terrace, niches in the wall that receive a new function. Our simple action caused a ma jor reconceptualization in the usage of the space, creating hierarchy and specific movement restrictions.
Elena Mann, London, UK. Zvi Yeger, Jerusalem, Israel. Alon Shikar, Tel Aviv, Israel. Julia Shikar, Tel Aviv, Israel. Tahel Shaar, Tel Aviv, Israel. Eldar Gantz, Jerusalem, Israel. Adi Efraim, Jerusalem, Israel.
In our work we enjoy observing situations with a highly critical eye and a great deal of humor, and we believe it is possible to create an environment that is richer and more varied using straightforward elements and creative thinking on essence and clear purpose. portfolio 2012 adi efraim 55
archi-parchi-tura installations
archi-parchi-tura Haifa in costume
The ArchiParchiTura was an opportunity for us to examine a new way to study architecture. The PoSTudio was invited to participate in the Archi-parchi-tura, the Purim carnival of Haifa organized by the students and faculty in the Technionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architecture department. ArchiParchiTura is an outdoor event that began in Haifa in the 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The event includes a parade of installations made by students in cooperation with other institutions in the city. The wonderful tradition suspended in the 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but in 2011 the ArchiParchiTura was revived by students who encouraged the festival to cooperate once again with the municipality and community.
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installations archi-parchi-tura
Archi parchi n. (pl. Archi-parchim) in Hebrew 1. Punk 2. frivolous 3. nomad
Postudio are: Idan Lederman, Haifa, Israel. Yuval Rubinstein, Haifa, Israel. Alon Shikar, Tel Aviv, Israel. Zvi Yaeger, Jerusalem, Israel. Amir Dominitz, Haifa, Israel. Michal Levite-Nir, Haifa, Israel. Chen Green, Tel Aviv, Israel. Nadav Madanes, Tel Aviv, Israel. Adi Efraim, Haifa, Israel.
The theme of the ArchiParchiTura was “Haifa in a costume” as befitting to the Purim holiday. Each group had a truck to build an installation on, and PoSTudio used the refineries, the city icon. We took this notorious icon, infamous for pollution and symbolizing the industrial zone of Haifa, and put it in a fun, colorful costume, since it was Purim. We took the refineries’ silhouette, simplified it into a wooden construction, and had them blow soap bubbles instead of smoke. We “cleansed” them of their negative connotation. The parade was a great success in the city. The trucks left from the Technion and drove throughout the city. The entire community participated and collaborated with the students and our vision came to life. portfolio 2014 adi efraim 57
hacking the urban experience Examine indoor-outdoor relationship in the city Series of projects examine the indoor- outdoor relationship in the city by placing domestic objects or situations in the urban realm. Whether the objects are practical or symbolic, they meant to check limits, connotations and need for a private experience in a public place.
Large scale Origami chairs | Childrenâ&#x20AC;şs play at the University realm
TEAM: Yu-hsuan Lin, Benjamin Hochberg, Taek Ho Han, Stephan Anton van Eeden, Taylor Miller, Adi Efraim.
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But I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go home yet!! It is a beautiful sunny day, I want to stay outside!
Outdoor outlet | Peopleâ&#x20AC;şs Park
Columbia University Video
https://vimeo.com/79856820 /
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master planning
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD Arad New Master Plan | Moshe Margalith Architects & Urban Designers Ltd. New residential neighborhood north to Arad, in south Israel. Includes 1800 units (approx. 24 units per 1000 sqm lot), a middle school, public amenities and 3 ma jor parks. The master plan creates a solid facade towards the main circular road and inner courtyards towards the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roads. Each lot includes at and below grade parking and other building amenities. During the design process I negotiated ideas and implementations with Arad municipality, the Negev (the entire south part of Israel) Planning Authority, and worked in cooperation with a landscape architect, road engineers, water and electricity advisors, and represented Moshe Margalith in meetings on a weekly basis.
MEDITATION CENTER Sea of Galile | Ilan Zvi Architects The first built Vipassana center in Israel, located near the Sea of Galile. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s special program requirements dictated the structure of the compound and the building materials. The need for quiet and inner reflection and avoidance of any outer distractions actually clashes with our instincts as architects to create social spaces that invite gathering and interaction. This compound hosts cycles of 10 days Vipassana classes and in it all the basic needs for the students to exist. The core of the compound is an axis seperating the women residential area from the men â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s. It has main meditation hall, a tempel, reflection gardens and a dining hall. On each residential building (with the blue roofs) there are single, double and rarely triple rooms allowing the privacy and silent. All materials are acoustically tested, while the main hall is built of hay bales for maximum sound regulation and suitability for volunteer work.
Dining Hall Dining Hall
Residential Men
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Meditation Hall Residential Pagoda Staff Center under construction | November 2013
Residential Women
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urban study National concert hill
national concert hill
Human behavior and movement study in Tel Aviv The project addresses the relationship between human behavior and physical space, specifically with the potential of an architectural space to adjust to extreme conditions in an efficient and qualitative manner. The flexibility of a given space does not relate to its ability to move or change its size, but rather how it responds to a variety of human situations, providing spatial diversity that allows the user to move freely, explore, and utilize this architectural space. The site chosen is the Yarkon Park – an area of some 3,500 dunam (350 hectares) enclosed between three residential quarters of the cities Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Bnei Brak in the center of Israel.
The park functions in two dichotomous situations : 1. Nadir – most of the times the park is used mainly for running or bicycling on the banks of the Yarkon creek and for picnics. At these times the perceived density is very low. 2. Peak – An important part of the park is the 1.5 dunam “Performance Hill” in which large international music concerts are held, hosting a crowd of up to 50,000 people. When a concert is held the perceived density is very high. At the end of a concert 50,000 people simultaneously move in different directions, with no noticeable pint of reference to direct them, creating complete chaos, and massive human and vehicular traffic jams that affect a growing perimeter over a long period of time.
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NaTIONAL CONCERT HILL URBAN study
Passengers Capacity | Daily
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Case Study – Ben Gurion International Airport Airports are characterizes in extreme situations.These situations are settled by the number of people populating the space in a given time. This is driven by the schedule and specific rout that a given user has to move through; the space’s state – nadir or peak – which directly affects the motion speed, and the nature of activity and amount of time spent by the people in it.
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A common problem in airports is that a space of a fixed size has to be populated by different volumes of people throughout the day, and therefore the space is planned for use at maximum capacity, and during nadir periods it is perceived as a too vast, and its resources overly consumptive.
Passengers Capacity & Time Spent at each Check Point at the Airport | Yearly
The space’s state - nadir or peak - directly affects the motion speed, and the nature of activity and amount of time spent by the people in it.
This situation can point to the direct connection between the perceived density of a space and human behavior within it. To gain insights and translate them to a spatial arrangement requires a deep understanding of human movement patterns and variables that influence them.
URBAN study NaTIONAL CONCERT HILL
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National concert hill urban study
Crowd Research Many researches have been conducted on crowd behavior, one particularly interesting theory on crowd behavior is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swarm Intelligence.â&#x20AC;? According to this theory, the mob acts as an independent being that reacts to its surroundings, for individuals are unable to accurately perceive the entire situation and are therefore incapable of leadership. Moreover, many simulations have been held on the issue of building safety and crowd management during stressful situations. My project focuses on the individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision-making process in reaction to his or her surroundings, including the factors that influence those decisions. This knowledge is of crucial understanding for planners. The study shows that the most important physical elements in this process are : 1. Change in space volumes : influences the speed of progress. 2. Slope : influences the convenience of progress. 3. Crowd density : influences the possibility to bypass the crowd.
4. Angle : influences the direction of progress. 5. Places of interest : influences the motivation for progress. 6. Landmarks : influences orientation. 7. Strategy : influences the progress pattern. Naturally, t hese considerations are subjective to the individuals, and to meet the needs of tens of thousands of different individuals there must be a variety of distinct choices available.
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urban study National concert hill
Routing System Spatial Manifestation
The Project The overall proposed movement scheme is a radial one, from the “Performance Hill” towards the various exits out of the park. It offers many different routes differing in width and length, slopes and angles to provide an abundance of routes to choose from. However, the general direction of each route is towards the exit, and there are plains that allow comfortable movement between each route.
There are recreation areas that enable people to prolong their stay and therefore exit the park after the rush hour. Weaved throughout these routes is the peripheral movement attributed to the everyday sports and leisure activity of joggers and cyclers moving from the banks of Yarkon Creek towards the center of the park.
The built function’s height does not exceed the height of the “Performance Hill” and blends with the existing topography of the park, thus preserving the outdoor experience. Not only does the project function well in both extreme states, there is harmony in all intermediate situations.
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In this project I made my personal adaptation to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digital Architectureâ&#x20AC;? concepts and applied them as digital parameters of human behavior rather than parameters of form and in that way to create space adapted to man, not a statue that is not connected to its environment.
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architecture
museum of nature complex building
the new museum of nature 2012 Competition in Jerusalem
In 2012 I participated in an international competition for the new science museum to be built in Jerusalem, as part of a leading team in Moshe Margalithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architecture office. The new museum of nature was designed as part of Jerusalemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s museum row. It serves as a long transition link between the Natural History Museum and the university to the Israel Museum and the Bible Lands Museum. The unique terrain and the height difference between the upper and lower streets surrounding the site helped us develop an initial concept regarding the way the building will be planned as an integral part of its surroundings. The design of the building and landscape is based on the geometry that simulates geological layers. It responds to climatic conditions in its position on the ground and tries to have a minimum damage to the existing nature. The site is to be treated as one unit that combines landscape development and building mass, expressing the man-made and natural dialogue in a physical expression. 76 adi efraim portfolio 2012
complex building museum of nature
Through linear layout of building and ground in a “fan” of terraces according to the topography, we emphasize the strong connection between the structure and nature. The visual continuity between the two parallel movement systems, inside and outside, strengthens the relationship between nature and structure and becomes the main experience in the combined space. One of the main ideas was to let the public enjoy the museum surroundings without a need to pay and enter the museum itself. A raised pedestrian boulevard and a passage on the roof of the lower wing allow public access for pedestrians from the upper street to the museum’s gardens without entering the museum. Also, the height of the building allows contiguous views from the higher street to the lower one, the university and the botanical garden. The museum itself is built as a clothes peg, with the main entrance and the connection to the existing museum lay in the peg’s connector and both legs contain the different galleries and learning center. Both legs facing to the planetarium and together they define the museum garden, the outdoor galleries, and the accumulation pool.
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museum of nature complex building
The â&#x20AC;&#x153;in-betweenâ&#x20AC;? spaces, those that lock between the legs and serve as hybrid areas, indoor and outdoor in the same time, are the most interesting ones. They enjoy full daylight and still do not suffer from extensive heat. They have a direct connection to the greenery and the waterfall streaming water to the pool. They treasure a unique soothing atmosphere and still part of an educational formal system. The top galleries enjoy natural screened light that passes the heat haze and the traffic ramps. The light reaches the galleries without impairing the exhibitions, soft and balanced. The light helps to guide the movement in the building and create a natural atmosphere inside the building. A system of water channels and two accumulation pools collects the rainwater, and accompany the movement and rest of people on the outdoor. Climatic considerations and implementation of resource conservation are transparent to the visitor, and are an integral part of visiting the museum. This project is a complex public building that combines planning for user experience, urban integration, and sustainable principals. All these elements contribute to responsibilityminded thinking that benefits the public and the city.
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complex building museum of nature
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all the way down complex building
all the way down
A public building in northern Italy Calusco is a suburb located 45 km northeast of Milan, and has a rural nature. The project deals with planning a multipurpose building in a unique location. In essence, the project embodies a conflict between nature and the man-made. The building emphasizes the natural quality and uniqueness of the site located on the banks of the Adda, emphasizes the threshold of an 80 meters cliff and the steep slope on the other side. 80 adi efraim portfolio 2014
The project consists of two volumes: 1. A solid cliff-like mass represents the city and hosts public functions such as a Museum, Visitors Center, Library and Auditorium facing towards Caluscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future urban development. It is closer to Calusco located on the main axis of the village and creates a square that can be used as an urban square once the village continues to develop towards it. 2. A softer form that represents nature follows the natural steep surface of the hill and faces the natural park of the Adda, and hosts more private functions as the hotel.
A solid cliff-like mass represents the city; A softer form that represents nature follows the natural steep surface.
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Calusco Unused Area
A third element assembles the building is the winter garden that links the two volumes and creates a warm well-lit environment to the public. The dome of the garden provides energy to both buildings symbolically and technologically. It is constructed of photovoltaic surfaces that supply electricity to the entire site and it is the core of the project. It gathers and distributes the flow of people to the various parts of the building
and serves as the main public leisure area hosting the main entrance and lobby. There is an important connection between the village of Calusco and the building; their mutual relationship will benefit both the success of the building as a historic center connected to the De Vinciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studies and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new development.
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STUDENTS’ DORMITORIES residential
students’ dormitories German Colony in Haifa
Temporary housing project for students in the lower city of Haifa. This project was mainly a volume study which allowed me to develop architectural values in a space locked between volumes. I paid unique attention to the ground level, and I addressed the human public experience as the most important. The volumes have a respectful relationship with the Wizo Academy building, the street– by giving it a small expansion– and the city of Haifa. Different components leaning on each other helped me create a micro-climate in this hot area, properly address the 6th façade underneath the building, and exploit valuable area on the roofs and on ground. All of these enable outdoors activities in comfortable, shady areas which are unified and yet diverse. Another issue that was important for me to address was the idea that each tenant has a distinct apartment that he can identify from the outside, and also gives a unique view from the inside. This way the temporary tenant would still feel a connection and responsibility towards his unique home environment. 84 adi efraim portfolio 2014
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beat music club form & material
a new beat
How does a form create a beat? The design of an entrance for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beatâ&#x20AC;? music club in Haifa is a study of motion and exploration of how still elements can create movement, rhythm, and music. It studies the connection between an element and experience, and how architecture can have a direct effect on oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spirit. This is an interior design project linking the street level and the current entrance of the club, located two stories below the street.
The club does not appear from the street, so the new entrance intends to identify the club and create an atmosphere for the user before he or she enters the club itself. Using frames that are repetitive at fixed intervals and are in constant rotation, I create a dynamic and high-energy space that complements the powerful atmosphere combined with lighting and sound. The tunnel created allows spaces for people to stand and sit outside the club in the fresh air adjacent to the park while still experiencing the rhythm and music from within. The repetitive elements follow the ground, and on the junction surface they create a lighting fixture submerged in the flooring. The detailing supports the whole design and emphasizes the unique esthetics, and the material integration highlights the hierarchy of elements.
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other skills
3D printing from MAYA
Rendering
Animation 90 adi efraim portfolio 2014
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TTAN
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Videos = AfterEffects + MAYA https://vimeo.com/72306892 portfolio 2014 adi efraim 91
adi efraim selected projects 2005- 2014