ASEE - Natural and Artificial structures
"Ein Hashofet"
"Ark of Bamboo"
Our
course of action comes after observing the site.
We chose to map three areas:
1. Access to park Ariel Sharon.
2. Trees
and vegetation in the park - with an emphasis on individual trees that produce
shadow points.
3. Mapping
river channels, river route and trails that connect to it.
While working on mapping both on the site and in the studio, we realized that
we are interested in the river channel, our structure and our attitude to it
and to the vegetation that exists on the banks of the river channels in the park.
The mapping created led us to define three potential sites for us and they
differ from each other in their relationship to water, in their location in
relation to Mount Hiriya and vegetation which we thought to consider when
building a the structure.
The three sites were:
1. The
Hill.
2. The
Bridge.
3. The
Sangam (stream channels meeting - Sanskrit)
Our attention was more to the bridge and to the sangam, including quantities of
reed which immediately attracted attention as an opportunity in the site - the
use of the reed as our construction yields distinct advantages:
1. Using
material that is abundant in its natural form and site, preventing un-necessary
transport of material from elsewhere.
2. Possibility
of building with material that can be returned to nature after use (biodegradable).
3. Using
material that originates near the banks of the river - where we want our
building to be located. Connects with the idea of a natural project in
relation to the water.
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