Application for MSc. in Architecture, TU Delft
Meitar Tewel +972-548119988 meitartewel@gmail.com
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MOTIVATION LETTER
In the past three and a half years I have experienced great fulfilment in finding my path in the world of architecture, and will soon be graduating summa cum
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Motivation letter + contents
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Curriculum vitae
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laude from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s BSc Architecture programme, with several award-winning projects. During the course of my studies I have become increasingly fascinated by the new viewpoints through which I could perceive and understand human habitats, and excited at the opportunity to influence them. Choosing to deepen and expand my knowledge with Master’s degree studies in architecture at TU Delft – one of the leading institutes in the world – will be a significant step in my training, which I am certain will make me better equipped to deal with current and future challenges in the field of architecture – in my homeland, and beyond.
0 1 Baugenossenschaft Kibbutz Berlin: cooperative housing
04-08
0 2 Evergreen primary school
09-15
0 3 Lakefront construction details for a marine centre
16-19
0 4 Urburbia suburbia as a case study of urban design
20-24
0 5 Sense of Place day-care centre for adults with disabilities
25-29
Furthermore, I believe that MSc studies at TU Delft is the optimal choice for me because of its extensive research on welfare architecture. This is extremely relevant to cardinal issues in the Israeli urban landscape, as the country’s housing policy is a crucial factor in determining its architectural products. I am also aware that The Netherlands in general, and TU Delft in particular, are at the forefront of developing solutions for some of the same issues that Israel also faces – planning residential areas in a country with limited space and dense construction. I see architecture not only as an instrument for solving given problems, but even more so as a platform through which I can contemplate the physical world; I believe that the ability to form a question is at least as important as the proposed solution. As a future architect, I recognize my responsibility to respond to given contexts through an in-depth, critical thinking process, and implement the spatial, material and technological tools I have acquired in my studies. To me, architecture is the ultimate meeting point, not only between a city and a construction detail, but also between theoretical studies and the physical world. A building is never an individual object, and can never exist without context. Similarly, architecture is never a standalone discipline; it draws its power from parallel fields – be it building technology, engineering, urban planning, arts or social sciences. For the reasons stated above, the multidisciplinary nature of the TU Delft Master’s degree track makes it an obvious choice as a strong foundation for my professional growth.
CURRICULUM VITAE Education 2016-20
4th year BSc Architecture student, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Chosen by the Technion to participate in international workshops:
| Grade average: 94.2
Dessau, Germany 2019; including presentation at the
| Studio grade average: 93.2
‘Bauhaus 100 - What Now?’ conference
| President’s List Honors Student in all 6 semesters
| Kibbutz Berlin Workshop, at Hochschule Anhalt -
| Tsukiji Market: Urban Design Workshop, at Meiji University - Tokyo, Japan 2019
Professional Experience 2019
Gitai Architects Concept development and submission of proposals to competitions, active participant in architectural planning processes
2018-19
Nachshon Studio (furniture design) Supported design and manufacture processes, graphics and visual representation
2016-17
Freelance Supported architectural planning, modeling, drafting and graphics
Competitions & Awards 2019 2018
Citation of Excellence Award - intra-Faculty competition, for the project ‘Sense of Place’ Finalist in the Israel 2048 Competition of the Israel Green Building Council (IGBC), awarded a Citation of Excellence - intra-Faculty competition for the project ‘Post-Possession’, with Itai Aviram and Shaked Fried Citation of Excellence – Aba Elhanani Award for the project ‘Spoken Language’
2017
First prize - intra-Faculty competition: Rivka Hashimshoni Award, for the project ‘At First, But Then’ First prize - intra-Faculty competition: Rivka Hashimshoni Award, for the project ‘A Single Stroke’
2015
Participation in a Street Art Photography exhibition, Jaffa Port Gallery
Qualifications
Languages
Software
CAD & BIM: AutoCAD, Revit
Hebrew – native speaker
3D Modeling: Sketchup, Rhinoceros
English – mother tongue level (speaking, reading, writing)
Rendering: Lumion, V-ray Graphics: Adobe Ps, Ai, Id Skills
| Model planning and building | Photography and image processing
Nationality Israeli European (Dutch)
Baugenossenschaft1 1
The large lawn
Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Programme
Cooperative housing
Project Level
4th year, 7th semester
Type
Workshop (academic), group project (with Itai Aviram, Sarah Amar, Aditya Patel, Adriano B. D. Rodrigez)
building cooperation
Role
Group director, leading designer, graphics director
Contribution
Concept (theory & design), modeling, rendering, post-production
Date of Issue
December 2019
Supervisor
Prof. Alfred Jacoby (alfred@Jacoby-architects.de)
Baugruppen are a form of shared housing that is becoming increasingly
Residential
Work space
Location
Residential Kindergarten Dining hall Workshops Playground Galleries Vegetable garden Gymnastic room Community centre
popular in the cosmopolitan city of Berlin, as they are considered a sustainable and affordable way of living. The idea of the baugruppen, which function as independent social units within the whole of Berlin, is expanded upon in this project to create the Baugenossenschaft – a cooperative community that builds and maintains a network of residences for its members. By incorporating the programmatic and architectural principles of the Kibbutz, the Baugenossenschaft aspires to broaden the idea of communal living outside of the borders of a single building. This approach would allow its members to become active participants in their urban surroundings through the creation of new, wider and more intensive communal connections. This project presents a co-living model which strives to allow a broad range of shared use possibilities within the building, the network and the city, rather than sharing what is today perceived as essential amenities, as in the existing models. The project shows the products of a four-day workshop in Dessau, Germany, titled Kibbutz Berlin. This collaboration between Technion (Israel) and DIA (Germany) students was presented at the ‘Bauhaus100 - What Now?’ conference.
^ Diagram by Sarah Amar < Isometric view made in collaboration with Itai Aviram
Programme diagram
Urban context mapping 1:5000
Site Residential 1-4 room flats
Baugruppen
Communal Kindergarten shared kitchen & dining area
Workspace Recreational Areas
Workshop, galleries & coworking space
Public Bakery & cafĂŠ Cultural Centres Layered Communal Space
Driven by the ideas of
the Israeli Kibbutz, the proposed building is comprised of residential units arranged around public cores of varying functions: communal spaces, which are meant to serve the building residents; workshops and co-working spaces, to serve the large network; and a commercial area â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is
THE NETWORK
open to the use of the general public. This approach provides an alternative to the closed baugruppen, which generally function inwardly and lack relations to other baugruppen or neighbouring parts of the city.
Mapping by Adriano B. D. Rodrigez
Facade design and drawing in collaboration with Itai Aviram
Building Plans 1:200
The positioning of the building creates two patios, which
connect the bustling Friedrichstrasse and the small street leading to the adjacent existing baugruppen project. In the middle of the site, the shared dining room hovers above the open space â&#x20AC;&#x201C; bearing similarity to the central dining hall in the Kibbutz â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the heart of such a social form of living. Apartments planning by Aditya Patel
Sections 1:200
The different components of the project
exhibit a variety of functions, in a manner similar to that of the Kibbutz. Kibbutzim often feature a radial scheme, with their periphery dedicated to industry and production, and their core to the private lives of their inhabitants, while the Baugenossenschaft proposes a three-dimensional division of social and economic functions.
Section drawing in collaboration with Sarah Amar & Adriano B. D. Rodrigez
Inner Life
A view from the courtyard reveals the complexity of life in the
Baugenossenschaft: the galleries to the right, the common dining area to the left, and flats of various sizes above the cafĂŠ.
Evergreen
Location
Khalisa, Haifa, Israel
Programme
Primary school
Project Level
4th year, 7th semester
Type
Academic, individual project
Date of Issue
February 2020
Supervisor
Arch. Uri Cohen (uri@uricohen.com)
This project revolved around the planning of an elementary school at a chosen site within a semi-industrial area near Downtown Haifa, in strict compliance with the programmatic and technical demands of the Ministry of Education and Israeli construction laws. This area, located at the base of Wadi Rushmiya, is set to undergo extensive renewal projects over the coming decades. Proper structural and urban infrastructure could allow sustainable relations between the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing and proposed urban fabrics, even going as far as renewing the connection to the wadi, which in the past decade has been converted from a natural green lung into a bustling vehicular road. This assumption constitutes the basis for the design of the proposed school, located at the wadiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth, near two existing schools, and bordering both the Khalisa residential neighbourhood and a proposed urban artery. The building fills dual roles: firstly, as a place of education for its students, who will benefit from its proximity to Khalisa and to the restored green lung; and secondly, as a public building within an urban continuum, charging the wadi with the human activity it currently lacks. The proposed design aims to see the school as part of an urban whole, encouraging a symbiotic relationship between the students, the residents, and nature within the city.
Current Urban Status
Proposed Masterplan A continuation of
Chosen Site
area, bordering low-income residential
the lively urban core of Downtown Haifa
between the wadi and the extended
aspires to link the urban corridor to the
neighbourhoods at its south-west, and
and its reconnection to Wadi Rushmiya
urban spine, near two existing education
wadi, to programmatically interact with
port industries at its north-east.
could create the basis for future relations
buildings. This location could allow safe
the existing education building to its
between the existing neighbourhoods
pedestrian access from the urban route
south, and to connect with the Khalisa
and the areas soon to undergo extensive
to the wadi, under the two existing,
neighbourhood at its south-west.
development.
monumental vehicular bridges.
The planning
Evolution Through Sketches
Illustrating the aspiration to programmatically connect the core functions
– the classrooms – to the wadi, via a green route. Each of the six classroom clusters, divided by age group, functions as a separate unit, all connected to the school’s common core.
At the meeting point
Strategic plan The proposed building
Wadi Rushmiya
Khalissa
Site Plan 1:500
The positioning of the building at the chosen site defines a public
pedestrian road connecting Wadi Rushmiya and the proposed urban spine. The fan-like shape of the building echoes the numerous channels that carve their way through the city of Haifa, expanding the building’s surface area, and thus also strengthening the connection between the school’s interior and the green outdoors. The building stretches its arms toward the residential neighbourhood, encouraging pedestrian access and minimising vehicular presence at the site – sending the obligatory parking spots to a semi-excavated area under the sports field.
-1F Plan 1:200 (-4.50m)
library
administration
1F Plan 1:200 (+3.50m)
GF Plan 1:200 (0.00m)
classroom
auxiliary classroom
WC
Floor Plans 1:200 The main school entrance is carved by the separation between the different functions – classrooms
(secure space)
and administration – creating a wide space that channels the movement to the common hall. The hall is delimited by the auxiliary classrooms, also functioning as institutional secure spaces – an obligatory component in all the buildings in the country. The classrooms stretching from the hall are situated at a slight angular offset from one another, creating interior and exterior common spaces and allowing penetration of natural light to all parts of the building. The bottom level functions as a public library, continuing the green corridor which connects the wadi and the proposed urban spine. Lower Level
Ground Level
Upper Level
library & parking
classrooms & administration
classrooms
natu ral grou nd
na tu ra l gr ou nd
Sections 1:100
Making use of the topographic variations at the
chosen site, the public functions and pathway are vertically separated by height from the private sections of the school. The main hall creates a vertical connection through sight and movement between the classroomsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; storeys and the public area beneath them. The space created between the rows of classrooms forms small common areas â&#x20AC;&#x201C; be it a courtyard or an indoor space, both allowing natural light into the building.
Construction Scheme The planned construction method of the building is hybrid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; based on concrete cores where the secure spaces are located, and glulam portal frames to support all other sections of the building. The choice of wood as a construction material is not trivial in Israel, where concrete holds an absolute dominance due to early modernist influences. Even so, technological improvements in recent years have enhanced the durability and reliability of timber to the point of it becoming a sustainable alternative to the common concrete building. The aesthetic qualities of the wooden construction are present both in the interior and the exterior of the building, as the beams remain exposed in the classrooms and common spaces, and the timber columns dictate the rhythm of the facades.
1. metal coping 2. secondary glulam beams 3. glulam column 15/40 cm 4. pivot window 5. main glulam beam 15/40 cm 6. skylight 7. extensive green roof 8. suspended ceiling
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Lakefront
Location
Hypothetical (no given context)
Programme
Staircase and openings details for a proposed marine centre
Project Level
4th year, 7th semester
Type
Academic, pair project (with Itai Aviram)
Role
Leading designer, executor
Contribution
Concept, details developement, technical drawing
Date of Issue
February 2020
Supervisor
Arch. Arie Gonen (gonenarchitects@gmail.com)
Focusing on detailed planning, the goal of the project was to develop a staircase and openings for a small-scale building functioning as a marine centre. The design of the building followed a general given plan, and was intended to open up invitingly toward the lake to its north. The concept underlying the design, from the large scale down to the details, is inspired by the marine industry, and deliberately displays the structural properties of its architectural elements â&#x20AC;&#x201C; steel profiles, cables, screws, bolts, et cetera. As this project was executed in pairs, I worked in full collaboration with my colleague throughout all stages of planning and production. Having said that, I am responsible for the design decisions, sketches and technical drawings presented in the following pages, unless otherwise stated.
Staircase illustration by Itai Aviram
-1F plan 1:200
Workshop and boat storage
General Plans and Sections 1:200
The entrance to the
three-storey building is located within an overlap in the main facade, held between a U-glass screen and a stone-covered concrete wall. The roof is constructed of large, exposed concrete beams supported by round steel columns, forming a wave that expands to frame the lake view.
GF plan 1:200
Lobby, parking and WC
1F plan 1:200
CafĂŠ & auditorium
Building illustration by Itai Aviram
steel angle profile 35/35 mm galvanized steel mesh steel plate 4mm connected by screws
steel cable 40mm steel railings steel hand-grip
bolt 10mm steel RHS profile 30/30mm steel tube 30mm hand-grip
anti-slip strip
concrete stairs prefabricated
polished con. struct. con.
prefab. steel plate concrete landing prefabricated
prefab. concrete stair Jambo screws 13mm galvanized steel mesh steel angle profile 35/35 mm
Staircase Details
steel cable 40mm
The main staircase connects all three
storeys of the building, presenting a wide, continuous view of the lake to the north. In order to showcase the stairsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; structural features and put the process of their installation on display, the staircase is constructed using prefabricated elements: concrete treads glued to a folded steel plate. Together with steel mesh railings and bearing cables, the language of the
steel angle profile 35/35 mm bolt 10mm steel plate 4mm steel angle profile 35/35
steel tube 30mm hand-grip
steel tube 30mm hand-grip
full steel profile 15/15mm welded to tube and RHS
staircase is structured to evoke the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme.
RHS profile 30/30mm prefab. concrete stair glued
galvanized steel mesh
prefab. concrete stair
galvanized steel mesh
prefab. steel plate
RHS profile 30/30mm
RHS profile 30/30mm
steel angle profile 35/35
prefab. steel plate Jambo screws 13mm galvanized steel mesh galvanized steel mesh RHS profile 30/30mm
steel angle profile 35/35 mm steel RHS profile 30/30mm steel tube 30mm hand-grip
steel plate 4mm angle profile 35/35 mm bolt 10mm
RHS profile 30/30mm welded to column
polished concrete reinforced concrete
steel RHS profile 30/30mm prefab. concrete stair steel RHS profile 30/30mm prefab. steel plate
U-glass facade cast steel barn wheel wood plank 14mm
sliding door
hinged door
channel glass alum. profile silicon sealing
steel plate 5mm screw D=5mm
alum. profile
LPN profile 200/100
RHS profile 120/60 alum. profile
H profile 180/171 steel column D=400mm
channel glass
tempered glass 8mm galvanized steel profile reinforced concrete wall lime stone dry application
rubber retainer tempered glass 8mm
ext.
inner sealing screw d=5mm
galvanized cast steel barn wheel
silicon sealing inner sealing
H profile 180/171mm
alum. profile
alum. profile
channel glass
channel glass
int.
channel glass tempered glass 8mm LPN 50/100mm
alum. profile silicon sealing
rubber retainer
inf. rail polished conc. 2% sloped
alum. profile
tempered glass 8mm
LPN 50/100mm
polished concrete 2% sloped
Main Entrance Details
The main entrance
is divided into three parts: a hinged door, a sliding door and a fixed channel glass facade. All parts are connected by exposed steel profiles using large and visible bolts. The mechanism of the sliding door is based on steel-cast wheels, running on a large H-beam, as if declaring the intentions of the entire building and its programme.
Urburbia
Location
Harish, Israel
Programme
Urban gaps studio (urban design)
Project Level
3rd year, 6th semester
Type
Academic, individual project
Date of Issue
June 2019
Supervisor
Arch. Oren Ben-Avraham (baoren@013net.net)
Built almost instantaneously, the city of Harish might be the most explicit representation of post-urban cities, a controversial phenomenon that is gradually becoming common and prominent in Israel. The city is a hybrid: it embodies a clear neo-liberal, suburban set of values, but these are spatially manifested in ways that are reminiscent of urban patterns. This hybridisation underlies a struggle between the forces that dictate life at Harish: aspirations for private ownership contrasting with the increasing demand for public spaces; infrastructure built for vehicular circulation opposing child safety ideals; architecture that is marketed as if for the individual, but is practically duplicated for thousands of consumers. These gaps and contradictions are at the core of life in Harish, and are the main reason for its perception as a failure, excluding it from architectural professional discourse. The reluctance to consider a way of life that does not conform to the definitions of either a city or a suburb narrows our ability to observe the phenomenon of urban sprawl in Israel, to identify its origins and to contemplate its future. Global and local trends expand the demographic and physical borders, and the underlying set of values of the suburb, allowing us to imagine alternatives for the coherent perception of urban life. This project explores the contradictory, yet simultaneous actions implemented in the Urburbia as an opportunity to imagine a city that stems from a suburban set of values.
< Pulses of Usage
Similarly to the classic
American suburb, the urban structure of
Harish
Harish is based on a curvilinear loop road design, supposedly safer for children. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parcellation follows this winding structure, separating functional areas from each other. As a peripheral city lacking places of employment, Harish is emptied of its residents during daytime, the only remaining active areas being educational facilities. The city plan, being based on
motor circulation and programmatic zoning, eliminates the possibility of a functioning urban street. And yet, an urban spine in the form of a three-kilometre long commercial boulevard was built in Harish, containing a narrow, binary form
THE WEST BANK
< Sealed City
of mixed uses: commerce on the ground storey, and residences on the storeys above. Still, due to the lack of activities offered in the city during daytime, the streets and the flats are often left
Rosh Ha'ain
desolate. Elad > Periphery and the Urburbia
Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
perception of settlement within its recognised borders is strongly influenced by territorial and
Shoham
demographic considerations. Hence, Harish was intentionally built as a peripheral city: its location between Arab cities with a Palestinian majority is primarily a strategic decision, and a ^ Machines for Living
Instead of detached family homes,
the contemporary suburban residential form in Israel consists
leading motivation for the creation of the local Urburbia.
of flats of a single model. The majority of flats built in Harish are duplicated and packed in H-buildings (clearly following Le Corbusierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Radiant City model) and share a sole scheme, as presented in the illustrations. This creates a physically and demographically homogenous urban environment of middleclass families.
Arab cities
Jewish cities before 1991
Jewish cities after 1991
Modi'in
< Masterplan: Creating “Suburbanism” in Harish 1:1250
By centralising and integrating these lively suburban
The main urban action takes place in Derech Eretz, the
functions into the supposedly urban boulevard, the city’s
long and lethargic commercial boulevard that was
spine could come to life as a meaningful public space,
intended to serve as the urban core of Harish. As the city
derived from suburban values, without professing to be an
pulses throughout the day, the only active areas within it
exuberant urban street. The boulevard is currently planned
are the educational facilities dotting it.
in a relatively automatic manner, meaning that it is programmatically homogenous throughout. The proposed alternative offers a new urban reading of Harish, that will react to existing elements along the boulevard.
^ Privatisation of the Public Space 1:100
As long as flats
unit is comprised of a “basement” and a “yard”, both
replace the detached house, the suburban dream cannot
fundamental components of the Israeli suburban house
be fully realised. Based on this assumption, it is proposed
which are missing from the residences of Harish.
that the neo-liberal aspiration for proprietorship will be
The integration of private territories into the “sacred” public
realised by privatising parts of the seldom used public
space is meant as more than a provocative act – it is an
spaces, in order to supplement missing components of the
opportunity to re-examine familiar urban components and
flats.
their relevance in the context of Urburbia. In this case, the
The most extreme realisation of this proposition is
result is a profound transformation of the city’s landscape
exhibited in the main park of Harish. Based on its existing
– changing from a planned, unified appearance to a
landscape planning, parts of the park are divided into
disjointed collection of materials and elements, resulting
small, connectable modules, equal in size. Each private
from each individual’s choice for their own plot.
Derech Eretz Section 1:100
The proposal aspires to revive
day, as spaces currently neglected during daytime – parks,
the city’s spine as a vigorous urban core that is built upon
streets and promenades – are now used to serve the students
a suburban set of values and reflects the locally desired
of the schools and kindergartens. The original binary function
lifestyle and observed pulses of its usage. In order to achieve
of the buildings is disputed, as well as their rigid boundaries:
this, educational institutes are integrated into the existing
they now reach above the existing promenade to create
residential buildings in chosen sections of the main boulevard.
elevated public squares, bridging them to the city’s green
Thus, the urban spine of Harish remains active throughout the
lungs.
Non-Typical Storey Plan 1:50
The gap between the
fantasy of the suburban single-family house and the harsh compromise forced by the duplicated H-building flat model, raises a fundamental question regarding the definition of a house in Urburbia. Through an examination of its spatial characteristics and its basic values, the suburban house model is implemented in an existing, typical residential storey. The proposed plan, which is based on the construction of a typical storey in a typical building in Harish, attempts to free the flat from its generic model to allow self-definition, and the accommodation of different primary social groups, according to current trends in the evolution of the local suburb. The proposal challenges the hierarchy found in the standard flat, bringing forward and presenting the “front yard” in order to resemble the detached house scheme. By doing so, each flat becomes distinctive, and the storey’s currently sealed lobby receives fresh air and sunlight – converting it into an intimate, open street within the storey.
Sense of Place
Location
Carmelia, Haifa, Israel
Programme
Day-care centre for adults with intellectual disabilities
Project Level
3rd year, 5th semester
Type
Academic, individual project
Date of Issue
January 2019
Supervisor
Arch. Alon Sohar (alon@alonsohar.com)
CITATION OF EXCELLENCE AWARD 3rd & 4th year thematic studio competition
Human habitats are charged with various forces which define their type and level of sensory stimulation. For persons with intellectual disabilities, some of whom are wheelchair users, the freedom to choose between spaces that are sensorially stimulating or moderating is crucial to their quality of life. This notion accompanies the design process of the day-care centre for adults with intellectual disabilities, as it attempts to create a sequence of places which produce a wide range of intensities in sensory stimulation. The main courtyard functions as an organising element, around which the circulation system and the functional spaces are arranged; and through its dominant appearance, provides clear spatial orientation. The slow elevation of the building levels around the courtyard creates intimate relations between the core programmatic components â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the classes and their private yards. Other functions in the centre, such as the library and therapeutic pool, are open to the public and thus encourage encounters between the main users and the community. Abstract Cardboard Models
A series of cardboard models which formatively
explore the relations between body and place in terms of spatial definitions that create a variety of sensory experiences.
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Process Models & Sketches
The design process followed a
variety of challenges resulting from both the given conditions at the plot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as significant topographic variations, as well as from vital programmatic and functional constraints when planning for persons with intellectual and/or physical disabilities â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ensuring accessibility. These issues, along with other factors associated with usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; welfare, daily activities and the presence of the building as an object in a given urban context, were all taken into consideration through iterative two- and three-dimensional attempts, some of which are presented here. 1| Structure
2| Spatial concept 3| Programme & circulation
2|
3|
Site Plan 1:500
The plot is located in a residential
neighbourhood, surrounded by residential buildings and two kindergartens to its south. The suggested day-care centre is connected to the kindergartens through a shared community garden, and a new stair path which connects them all to the streets located to the east and west. These connective elements allow public access to the small library located inside the centre, as well as to the main public entrance leading to the therapeutic pool.
Section AA 1:100
-1F Plan 1:100
Partially underground, the northern entrance
Section BB 1:100
GF Plan 1:100
The main entrance to the centre is located at
1F Plan 1:100
The upper level, containing treatment rooms
allows direct access to the therapeutic pool, serving the main
the south-western part of the building. Passing through a mildly
and a cooking and dining area, is accessed through a vertical
users of the centre as well as the general public. The users will
sloped ramp, the users will access their classrooms, each a
circulation system, or through an external ramp connecting
enter the lobby, then descend through a ramp by the pool
little higher than the former. Every classroom is connected to
the library and the roof garden at its the south-western side.
to the accessible changing rooms. At the eastern part of the
a private yard, allowing an outdoor experience that is not as
The treatment rooms vary in size and use, and provide a clear
level staff offices and Snoezelen are located â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a multisensory
sensorially intense as the main courtyard. The north-eastern
view of the wadi and the seashore to the north-west.
room, connected to the lower level of the library and to the
entrance leads to the upper level of the library.
main courtyard.
Facade Section 1:25
The constructive system of the building is based on concrete
walls and columns, carrying the ramps and the prestressed concrete floors.
In the external layer, a steel frame follows the concrete slabs, sustaining wooden louvers shading the interiors, screening some parts and revealing others. The ramps surrounding the courtyard are followed by concrete railings, emphasizing its continuous movement upwards.
Final Model 1:200
The complete geometry of the building is perforated by the
main courtyard and the private yards connected to the classrooms.
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