THE BLOCK

open competition, 2020

3d place, winner

Role Info

Lead architect, independent project

Tel Aviv is virtually a laboratory for building additions in urban metropolitan cities. Since UNESCO declared its White City a World Heritage Site, and the conservation management plan that followed, the White City has been adding building additions on top of heritage listed buildings.

Layer 2.0

The competition’s objective was to rethink building additions on top of Tel Aviv Yafo’s modernist buildings from the 1930s. Participants were encouraged to explore innovative and creative approaches that reflect the essence of the original structures and the urban landscape. The challenge is to design a concept for a building addition consisting of 2.5 floors on a listed building. The new Tel Aviv Sustainable Urban Block

The Block is a proposal for a transformative vision for the city, not an idea for a single building. By creating urban blocks, inspired by the Geddes plan, its aim is to generate strong, healthy and diverse communities. The result will be an abundance of affordable and sustainable housing, workplaces, and semi-public green. In the coming years Tel Aviv will transition into a sustainable city and a world example of a circular society.

The white city divided in comunity blocks

Rotschild Bullevard

Define smaller blocks which will enable the establishment of communities

Open Plots

Remove the fences ar ound the plots and make it accesable to the residents of the block

The ground evel can be used for gardening, ood production as well as the ene gy grid of the block - Geddes plan

Community block people

2070

86000

Ene gy Grid connecting the Block Ground duckts p oviding cooled air to the buildings

Watter collection and storage for shared use

Waste managmen and compost Reuse and share system

Original Geddes plan of Tel Aviv (1925) Actual plan of Tel Aviv Future plan of Tel Aviv - Adding 2.5 Floors

2.0 will be allowing for between other floors

Housing

Adding 2 floors for additional housing Garden

Adding green areas is important for the well-being, prevents urban heat island effect and allows the sunligt into the ground floor

A transformative vision for the city of Tel Aviv. By creating urban blocks, inspired by the Geddes plan, we aim to enable new and existig communities to support urban life. The result will be an abundance of affordable and sustainable housing, workplaces, and semi-public green.

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