From infrastructure to ecosystem
Dan hason - first semistere - third years
The project is located in the Korazin industrial area, in the Tel Ganim neighborhood of Givatayim. The project looks at the site as a generic test case of Israeli urbanism. The Tel Ganim neighborhood in Givatayim was built in the 1960s on the territory of the village of Salma, which became the property of the State of Israel upon its establishment. The areas were not cultivated, or belonged to private hands, so planning and construction of the neighborhood was made possible at once. Like many neighborhoods in Israel, Tel Ganim was built as a garden neighborhood under the influence of the Garden City Movenent movement. This planning approach found a home in the developing State of Israel. A country with motivation and a great need for efficient and fast planning
But today, although it was born as a tool for dealing with health problems, the area actually creates them. The programmatic separation created an incentive to use the vehicle, which only brought the pollution back to the living areas; Vertical and wasteful typologies were born out of the increasing density in the industrial areas; And the separation of these areas has given the legitimacy to the widespread use of concrete and asphalt, as they do not pollute the living areas. In addition, the employment areas today are not industrial at all. Office and computer work do not pose a health hazard like the factories from the previous century, and therefore do not pose a threat to other urban programs. This design approach is not compatible with today and raises questions about efficiency and sustainability.
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In order to combat these phenomena, radical action is required in the site's master plan infrastructure. An action that will enable new, sustainable urban planning, whose components operate as one ecosystem. This system must act against the phenomena of the area, and therefore 5 planning principles were established:
- Redefining the garden areas as employment areas in order to create a uniform and continuous urban infrastructure.
- Planting trees on a large scale, in order to eradicate the current phenomenon of vehicle pollution.
- Horizontal construction, based on the new urban infrastructure.
- Development of a form of construction in wood, as an ecological and sustainable material
- Reuse of existing concrete structures, in particular as a wood processing plant as a raw material for future construction.
First, the Korazin garden area must be cleared, for the purpose of planting a forest for growing trees on fertile soil. The current trees in the garden will be transferred to the areas of the former industrial area. Next, the woodworking plant and the Korazin industrial structure should be established. The plant will use the entire area of ​​the building, and will focus on CLT (cross laminated timber) engineering wood processing, which is known for its strength and durability over time, and has been used as a commercial building material for the past 20 years. Finally, the structure will be assembled in the parcel adjacent to the new plant. The whole will be composed of the same material (CLT), and will be formally established by the new trees that have been transferred from the garden. The construction of the building is inspired by the nearby industrial buildings, and in particular the Korazin building. The grid of the structure was borrowed and developed for the new construction, to restore the space qualities and functionality of the industrial typology.
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The result is an urban symbiotite system that gives rise to a new architectural typology, which is a hybrid between its environment and today's social and economic demands. The site is a prototype for urban development capable of spreading to Klal Givatayim, and in fact any city based on the Garden City infrastructure.
Dan hason - first semistere - third years - Colab with David joaks