Topological Daddys

Principle Strategies

As a matter of principle we favor a flexible systemetica development to a pre-fixed static plan. Furthermore we aim to affine a string cultural and topographic character of plane for Ein Hud, which is achieved by materiality and restructuring of the place. In contrast to a static plan the village's borders are not fixed but defined as interdependences of the population density and their parametric expansions. It seems to be important to generally enforce the overall density to avoid the spread on the borders and protect the central voids from too high density. Higher density helps to visualize planning-structure and enables a precise definition of centre and a point of communication. Furthermore the possibility of the development of deiverse spatial sequences creates tension inside the system. Required expansions of the village can be reasoned by the clearly shown system the village should be structured. By incorporating the the local population in the process of planning and development on the site (physical 3D-space) wider acceptance to the project is awaited.

project development The development of the concept is based on 3 main parameters: 1 development of a typical building type incorporating site specific material and culture 2 creation of a specific atmosphere by using the material pool (1) and space sequences 3 structuring of space by a superior system which embeds the existing village structure and allows it's expansion Material We choose cheap and requireable building materials for simple constructions which can be done by the people itself organised in teams. Beside concrete, stone and plaster the green of the scaffold lattice shapes the villages character. It is used to define the strips and divide private space inside the building blocks. Atmosphere The Atmosphere is created the mentioned material and a culturally typical way of space occupation and the topographic situation. These parameters fix the development of the village's character. They oscillate between sunning an shadow, narrow and wide, movement and slow space, communication zones and by-passes. The sequences are defined by a flexible space-time-model. Differentiated shaping of building blocks and houses is to be done by the people themselves due to the system specifications. Sytem We extract typical elements from the settlements structure. These are used to generate a structure, which reasons and shapes an expansion of the village. This structure is enforced from the existing character of place by ways of constructing and planing. The structure starts from a central point and makes it's way in all directions. The existing settlement is not orientated by a pre-fixed and defined masterplan but is generated by informal planning methods. The suggested system allows a flexible growth and is able to react to future changes. The Development of the system on the site adopts the sitespecific topography, infrastructure, viewing fields without the huge afford of overall planning.

How the system works The existing settlement is superimposed by strips generated by the named rules. Dockingpoints are set at the ends of each strip, 2 new new strips are generated from each dockingpoint by building one storey high marks from scaffold lattice. At the end of this strips new docking points come up which can be used to generate new structure. The system starts with 2 strips at the village centre, zone 4 and its spatial density is defined. The docking of 4 strips creates zone 3, the next 8 create zone 2. these 12 strips overlap the existing structure. The next 16 strips of zone 1 show a concept for the expansion of the settlement, changes are welcome. Expansion to a new zone is agreed just as the density of each zone is reached at at least 70% of the building blocks. Masterplan Zoning The development focuses to the direction Ein Hod to achieve a reunion of the two villages. A Bus-Loop cuts through a public zone in the centre of Ein Hud, which contains the multifunctional community centre and defines a zone of concentrated growth. This Zone is a connection of the new community centre and the existing mosque and generates an important communication site. The plaza that ends into the multifunctional centre is meeting place and vanishing point. The bus to Tel Aviv leaves it and returns to it. When returning you are at the main village's area. The touristic zone is set next to the new nature reserve and avoids to annoy the daily life in the village by it's outskirts. To avoid traffic disturbance the parking zone is proposed at the main entrance to the village. Multifunctional Building The central placed building grabs the main project ideas in its organisational structure. The folds of utilisation areas and it's materiality connects the mentioned poles of public private, density – clearance, communication – passby. The building picks up topographic elements and such produces the utilisatioin areas. Mainly to attend is the integrated bus station which pulls public traffic and space into the building and serves as Ein Hud's docking point to Ein Hod – Tel Aviv – World.