ECOWEEK 2013 Projects in Israel
Green Design Architecture & Urban Innovation
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W2: The Mobile Forest on Rabin Square The main public city square in front of the City Hall in Tel Aviv, the site of political rallies, parades, and public events. Renamed in 1995 following the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The workshop team worked closely with the City of Tel Aviv to design an installation to promote the city’s sustainability agenda. WORKSHOP Leaders: Maciej Siuda (Architect, Devebere Project, Poland), Dan Price (Architect, PPY Architects, Israel), Galia Hanoch-Roe (Landscape Architect, Society for Protection of Nature, Israel) Workshop Consultants: Yoav David City Architect and Uriel Babzyk Sustainability exper t, Municipality of Tel Aviv. WORKSHOP Team: Dor Ben Arosh, Dan Bendori, Lir Danan, Rotem Levinson, Lee Machnay, Adi Meyerovitch, Nof Nathansohn, Eliah Rubin, Yasmin Rosa Shvarzglass Krauskopf, and Avinoam Sharon. 32
The Mobile Forest concept is simple: In Tel Aviv, when outdoors, you look for shade. Especially in Rabin Square, where the only shaded areas are the cafes at the edge of the square. What if you can take your shade with you? Go to the square, decide where you want to sit, set up your mobile tree and enjoy outdoors in the shade, reading a book or chatting with your friends.
