Sack and Reicher + Muller with Eyal Zur are a recently formed three-partner-plus-designer architectural collective based in Tel Aviv. Sway, created for the third iteration of SCAF’s Fugitive Structures series, signals the traditional structure of the sukkah with its characteristics of temporality, transience and hospitality. The sukkah commemorates Israelite temporary structures which served as dwellings in their 40 year journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in The Promised Land.
‘We wish to address issues of transience and temporality. The Fugitive Structures pavilion, like many such structures, is primarily a temporary structure and we therefore believe that it should not be built to last. Sway suggests an alternative to costly modes of temporary architecture, which are mostly slow to construct, and demanding in their use of materials and resources.’ – Matanya Sack, Uri Reicher, Liat Muller and Eyal Zur.
Fugitive Structures is an annual series of invitation-only competitions aimed at emerging a