2018 in tel Aviv, Hertzlyia, Holon

ECOWEEK 2018 Projects in Tel Aviv, Hertzlyia, Holon, Israel

Placemaking in Public Places

On September 2-7, 2018 ECOWEEK organized one week of Design workshops for interventions and placemaking in public space in Herzlyia, Tel Aviv and Holon in Israel, in cooperation with the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim Germany, the Municipality of Herzlyia, Dizengoff Center, Goethe Institute, the Norwegian Embassy, the Austrian Cultural Forum of the Embassy of Austria, the Israel Society for Protection of Nature, the Israel Green Building Council, the Israel Union of Architects, DETAIL magazine and Archisearch. ECOWEEK speakers included Einar Jarmund (Norway), ruth Mateus-Berr (Austria), a game by Elad orr based on Jane Jacob’s urbanism, and a public screening of the documentary ‘SANd WArS’ by French Director denis delestrac. ECOWEEK organizing team included Elias Messinas (ECOWEEK/ HIT), Bracha Kunda (HIT), and Galia Hanoch Roe (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel) The team aimed to create a platform that would enable students to approach design, planning, professional and social change and renewal in their city, and to learn professional and practical tools for sustainable design. Also, to network with peers and professionals from Israel and abroad. The workshops engaged design students from the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), and architecture students from the University for Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim, Germany. “There are excellent design and architecture workshops that take students to Asia or Africa to learn to provide solutions to the problems of remote communities. Israeli cities and communities and public space in Israel face similar challenges, but are often ignored. This is why we encourage design and architecture students to learn how to address challenges and solve problems at home - here in Israel.” E.M.

W1: Visitors’ Center at Tel Michal, Herzlyia

WorKSHoP Leaders: Einar Jarmund, rebecca Sternberg, till Boettger, and Martina reichelt. Consultants: Galia Hanoch roe, Elias Messinas, and Braha Kunda.

WorKSHoP team: Dor Assayag, Ilana Dedik, Catharina Fischer, Stephanie Franke, Cihan Kaplan, Lital Karpman, Jana Scholz, Charlotte Alicia von der Ohe, and Matar Weinberg.

The workshop proposed a sustainable design for an innovation center on education, research, urban nature, a connection to the Tel Michal archaeological site and the park, the seafront and the marina. As the area is slated for redevelopment for the next 25 years, the team proposed strategies to engage the community from now until the area is fully developed.

W2: The Space as Exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Tel Aviv

WorKSHoP Leaders: roni Levit. Consultant: Braha Kunda.

WorKSHoP team: Dana Aroeti, Natalie Benisti, Shani Duel, Anat Gutman, Noy Nesher, Raz Vekauam, and Danielle Yanai.

The workshop created an infographics exhibition with messages on the environmental impact of disposable items, at the Goethe Institute in Tel Aviv, to engage the visitors and students, and a temporary exhibition of the day in the future that plastic waste will turn into an archaeological exhibit of the past.

W3: Interventions at Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv #3

WorKSHoP Leaders: ruth Mateus-Berr, and Zameret Harel Kanot. Consultants: Elias Messinas and Braha Kunda.

WorKSHoP team: Chen Ageyev, Arkadi Ardasenov, Mor Dagoga, Shani Fish, Guy Palombo, Natalie Saraf, and Daniela Weber.

The workshop, the third of a series of ECOWEEK at the Dizengoff Center, created proposals for future implementation on the mall roof, a site of urban agriculture, nursery forest, and butterfly garden. The group created a series of playful installations to engage children and enable parents to spend quality time with their children.

W4: From Green Campus to Sustainable Campus at HIT

WorKSHoP Leaders: Braha Kunda and Elias Messinas.

WorKSHoP team: Danielle Dadon, Dor Eli, Shir Geva, Shira Nathan, Elías José Rojas Álvarez, Mika Rotbein, Myriam Schueler, and Shir Yogev.

HIT is a member of the Green Campuses network in Israel. The workshop gave students the opportunity to connect with this significant initiative led by the Director-General of HIT, the Green Council and the Institute’s staff, and based on ‘eco-puncture’, to design interventions such as an outdoor classroom, a microclimate garden, a therapeutic garden, a materials recycling corner, an e-collaboration roof garden, and recycling facilities scattered throughout the campus.