Application Portfolio | MSc in Architecture, TU Delft

Application for MSc. in Architecture, TU Delft

Meitar Tewel +972-548119988 meitartewel@gmail.com

Portfolio

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

CONTENTS

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

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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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