Transition

‘Transition’ came to life by writing a script that led the planning process, with a story about the intersection of two opposing worlds relating to the history of Tel Aviv-Jaffa: preservation and mummification vs. the creative-destruction of capitalism. These two worlds meet in a specific communal area between the preserved Neve Tzedek neighborhood and the continuously-developing Tel Aviv central business district. The project will serve as an alternative public ‘Transition’ space bridging two separate urban entities.

The vision of this project is to create a municipal cultural center, ‘the new Gymnasium’, providing an architectural and conceptual foundation at the base of Rothschild Boulevard. I chose to deal with the ‘Tachkemoni’ School in the dialogue between the original plan and reuse that will connect East and West. The project proposes a multi-dimensional public space that utilizes motion and point of view to create encounters of old/new, interior/exterior, public areas/public structures, and Neve Tzedek/Central Business District.