Design Assignment Concept for Urban Renewal of Haifa Re-development of the Memorial Garden
Access & Mobility Multiple reasons which have torn people and the city apart - turbulent history and politics (hostile) - modernist planning (key city assets scattered on the outskirts) - different cultures and values (image) - difficult topography (regular grid opposed to long tier)
Cultural map
Political Exclusion
Political Exclusion
Downtown
Silicon Wadi
Shopping centre
Technion Shopping centre Shopping centre
Shopping centre Haifa university Shopping centre
Access & Mobility Difficult Topography Spatial Disintegration
Integration as Existing
Design Problem
Integration as Proposed
Approach
- Beginning of history started with writing - Rational explanation of history linking the past with the present - Avoid conventional memorials, explanation of history by religions and politicians
- Collect, protect and organize the information - Disseminate them through a library
Things we discovered during the design process
Massing
â– interstitial zones
- Relation with the component of the site - Making the complex with stone excavated - Sustainable design