Softer
The new residential project that was accepted in our office, overlooks a flourishing veteran Tel Aviv garden. The hill on which it will be built promises the penthouse wide and long views over all of the north of the city. The neighbors live in some of the most expensive villas in Israel. And what was most exciting for us is that the clients requested that this “investment” project will also commemorate that the memory of its original plot owner and resident – their father who is a veteran of the Palmach (the underground army of during the British Mandate), an engineer and a sculptor. All this told us this project cannot end with just another standard Tel Aviv building.
These starting points were accompanied by the winding street, its soft corner at the meeting with the street perpendicular to it; the heirs’ fondness for gardening and sculpture and a few other values that seem to have already disappeared from here. The starting point was fantastic.
From then on, we mainly tried not to disturb. We wanted to respect the lines that were already here before us, we tried to create for each of the urban villas that this residential building contains, its own space and peace. We were happy when the garden grew faster than expected and began to hide the building, blurring the lines we worked so hard on. In our opinion, that’s how he likes it, quietly, without shouting.
The building soon merged into the peaceful neighborhood, as if he had always been there. A little cleaner than its neighbors, a little less cracked than them, but not foreign. One that looks like it’s been here forever. We didn’t need more than that.
Architect in Charge: Amit Kochen. Anat Anderman
Photography: Amit Geron
Project Manager: Ophir Kleimam
Supervisor: Meir Drezner
Structural Engineer: Sayag Mizrahi
Installation Design: Shachar Goldin
Traffic Design: Lev Lalchuk
Electricity Design: Avi Zweiling
HVAC Design: Cool air systems
Landscape: Itai Iluz
Kitchens: ifrach Ben zvi
Kitchen surfaces: Avney Nizan
Lighting: Thomas Lights
Flooring and wall coverings and sanitary: Avney Tal
Bamboo Decks: KneKash
Carpentry: Niki Home Vibes
Contractor: A. M. Majed Contractor