01
Sedek
Location: Kiryat-Malachi
Tutor: Arch Daniella Posek, Arch Noa Appel & Arch Sagit Yakutiel
Partner: Amit Fisher
One of the burning issues in Israeli society - the socio-economic disparities - is fully embodied in the meeting between the regional council and the development towns. Through the analysis of history and the situation today, we understood that at the root of the issue is a story of territory, resource distribution, and political and planning decisions.
In our project, we focused on the area of the Beer Tuvia Regional Council and the city of Kiryat Malachi, in which we sought to propose principles that could be applied in similar areas throughout the country. We based the principles on the "multifocal network" planning approach while working on local, regional, and national scales. We identified the industrial areas and commercial centers in the cities as a national typology and as such as an opportunity to create spaces that generate regional change.
How can we as architects create a space that promotes equality between neighboring populations? Can we offer an infrastructure that creates equal opportunities for both the council resident and the city resident? With the help of delving into these questions, we tried to offer a new picture of the situation, which may be a correction for the ongoing injustice since the beginning of the State of Israel.
03
Lulim
Location: Ta'oz
Tutor: Arch Sara Gansel & Arch Gal Nap
Taoz is a Moshav Ovdim which was established in 1950, and is located in Regional Council Mate-Yehuda. It contains a population of 668 people and is suffering from negative migration, mostly of youth.
The moshav scheme is divided into rings; the central ring is the public area, next to it is the residence and after that, in the external part of each plot, is the agriculture area which is more than half the size of each plot. In the 21st century Moshav there is no need for this large amount of land designated for agriculture, and a quick tour around the moshav proves it. Most of this area is neglected and abandoned and so are the agricultural buildings within it, which havent been destroyed because of financial reasons.
We found the basic structure of the agricultural buildings full of potential - a systematic grid with pillars which can adapt to different needs and situations, and we decided to reuse it as the base of our plan.
In our plan we decided to use the agricultural ring and adapt it to the current needs of the moshav - a place for the 3rd generation, the youth. We intend to use this ring to provide the youth affordable residence with a shared area, a place for personal development which is also used as a buffer and separation from the last and external area - tourism and commerce which also supplies the youth an employment. We are driven out of the believe that a moshav with no youth has no future and that the key to the moshav’s success is in the hands of the young generation.
02
Big
Location: BIG Kastina, Beer Tuvia
Tutor: Arch Leora Berry & Arch Omri Levi
Big Opportunity is a center for social mobility built on the territory of Big Shopping Center, through which we will reduce the ongoing injustice between the Beer Tuvia regional council and the development town of Kiryat Malachi.
With the establishment of the country, inequality began in the division of territories among the settlers. So today regional councils hold a larger area that yields greater income from industry and commerce, compared to small development towns that do not have much space. Therefore, there is a close connection between income from property taxes, commerce and industry and socio-economic status. The more space there is, the more income there is, and the standard of living rises. This connects us to a broader issue called distributive justice - a concept that speaks to the distribution of the country's resources equally among its residents. The Big Shopping Center is located in the territory of the rich and powerful regional council of Beer Tuvia, which has a large number of industrial areas, yet it lies very close to the small and weak development town of Kiryat Malachi.
We choose to use the big area that bears responsibility, and sits right in this sensitive seam to create social correction.
how? With a center that enables social mobility, increasing the chances of the younger generation to improve their status in relation to their parents. In fact, today the future trajectory of the youth can be predicted based on where they were born.
And this will happen by creating opportunities for a key experience - an experience that is a powerful stimulus can lead to a significant change in the trajectory of life. This experience is achieved through three main ways - identification / exposure / practical experience.
When the main goal was to create a social ecosystem, another circle in which all stages of the process would be exposed also to the people who surround the boy - family, kindergarteners, teachers, community. In the end everyone returns to the city, with a set of tools, common goals, and only then will there be a real possibility to assimilate a change that ultimately takes place regardless of the place.