The Pursuit of Locality
In present days, the ideals and values that once guided the construction projects of residential areas, as controversial as they may have been, have been replaced by market powers and profit making. The new neighborhoods built in the last two decades in Israel are all based on the same generic scheme of “Towers in the […]
Lev Chash Foundation
The “Lev Chash” Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the underprivileged, located in Hadar neighborhood in Haifa. Most of the foundation’s headquarters facilitate a second hand shop with subsidized items ranging from home electronics and furniture to clothes, and during the years has taken over more and more spaces in the building. The […]
Shavit Art Museum
Shavit cinema is a white elephant at the heart of a residential neighborhood. The project aspires to turn the cinema’s ruins into a center of urban activity and culture, that mediates the gap between the main road, Moriah Av., and the quiet neighborhood. The museum is based on the old cinema’s side aisles, while its […]
Space Analog Research Station
3D printed wall elements usually include some sort of infill pattern hidden inside the wall, between two smoother lines. The infill is a crucial component of the wall, designed to strengthen it.
Since the main printing material is local sand from Makhtesh Ramon, the smooth clean line seemed out of context. The infill pattern hidden inside the wall is closer to the natural sand and stone walls of the crater the smoothness of the straight outer lines.
This new 3D printing technique exposes the infill pattern, thus giving the wall texture and volume. furthermore, it takes the infill’s structural qualities one step further, using it as construction by changing it’s thickness and density.
What once was behind the scenes has now become the main show, and plays two roles at the same time – giving the wall it’s texture, rhythm and volume while reinforcing itself.
The curvature shape of the walls and the mirror-like infill patterns further contributes to the structures’ stability.