Tuesday, January 8, 2008

the building itself disconnects from its environment


using a wall to create a boundry from the immidiate surrounding

the building turns away from the "slums" surrounding it and parcialy opens itself to the sea.

the building is creating a city within a city, providing its tenants with all they need, so they won't need "to wander away" from it.
a deserted island

the project is located in an eclectic environment.




floor plan - penthouse (duplex)


floor plan - penthouse


floor plan - 3 bedroom apartment


floor plan - 2 bedroom apartment


floor plan -1 bedroom apartment


floor plan -1 bedroom apartment


Monday, January 7, 2008


The project creates a buffer to the public separating the tenants from their surrounding public.
There's a significant difference between the architectural statement of integration in the jaffa scenery and the actual marketing strategy of a city inside a city.



The project, in contrast to the artist colony, is creating a closed cluster in the urban fabric, and by that creating an unnatural phenomenon that isolate the project from its surroundings.
the project is accommodating a very high income public in a low income area.






The public spaces connecting all the tenants in a way that creates a sub-urban act inside the project and try to connect the sub-urban area with the outer environment.