Project
Perez Maldonado Chellis
- Roots for Contingency
Ein Hud’s development has been one of contingency. Since Ein Hud’s conception in the early 1950’s, the village has operated within the condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty. Its history depicts a coexistence of threat and daily life attached to the land. The land makes the village both present and absent in the abstract dimensions of urban policies. Ein Hud’s people struggle to make a home out of the land they have turned to for sustenance. Still they have not fully accepted this space as being theirs to own and wait for the time when the land will become unknown to them. It is this trait of Ein Hud that directs our observations. This work is conceived from the idea that the people of Ein Hud are still developing their “home” and our efforts should move in this direction, helping to root and cultivate them in their current location.
+The land has a name…
The fact that Ein Hud has not been recognized as an official village causes its people walk over a “detached ground”. The first question that emerged through the design process was how to create or reinforce an identity for the land? It became an issue of land identity. Giving Ein Hud a distinct visual and spatial identity will promote a rooting of the people.
+The land has a local product…
The first step in the development of the work was to device a product that could become an incentive of economical exchange for the Village. We identified grapes as part of the different products cultivated in the region. The production of grapes is present in a few regions of Israel. Some of the goods that could be derived could be raisins, balsamic vinegar, grape juice, jams, jellies, and wine (under Ein Hud’s people approval). The growing of grapes within the village creates a potential connection for economical and employment development for the people of Ein Hud. It also introduces the possibilities of economical consortiums with other villages in the periphery including Ein Hod. One aspect that strengthens this belief in the product is that it could become a venture for the whole community.
+The land has a face…
The utilization of grapes was chosen for its double consequence. Its produces multiple products and creates a distinctive spatial effect. The grapes will be grown on trellises that will become a prominent element of the landscape. Ein Hud will become known for this spatial quality created by the trellises and become a destination for visitors to the area.
The face of Ein Hud will also primarily be identified by the spaces created via the pedestrian path rooted within and across the village. This element provides circulation between major nodes and centers of the village and uses the mosque as its central anchor. The centrality of the mosque is further augmented by the axis that is created by linking the main entrance to the village with the proposed civic building, mosque, and finally the proposed community center. The tip of each path spills onto a small terrace, which is utilized by the people of that particular area of the village for more private community space and commerce. Some of these terraces are screened to provide added privacy.
CONTACT: Amber Chellis & Edgardo Perez Maldonado /
PROFESSION: Architecture
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