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OR AKIVA CULTURAL CENTER
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Or Akiva, Israel
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OR AKIVA CULTURAL CENTER
Or Akiva, Israel
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2002
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The construction of the Or-Akiva Cultural Center was the cornerstone of the plan to establish Or-Akiva as an advanced city, anxious to realize its full potential. The project, which won the first prize in an open public competition in 1996, again won the Beautiful Israel prize for 2003 when it was completed.
The building of the complex is part of the vision that we can now see realized of making Or-Akiva a place of culture under the direction of the Dep. Minister Yaacov Edri M.K., who was the mayor of Or-Akiva at the time.
The Urban dialog that relates between the southern and northern parts of the town (“old city” – “Orot”) and the West-East Axis (Or Akiva - Caesarea) by its arrangement creates the new modern heart of the town.
The natural circulation tracks, both pedestrian and vehicular, create a sort of whirlpool that attracts and stimulates simultaneously each and every one of the peripheries. This is a solution that creates a relationship between the edifice and the site and between the plot and its surrounding social and cultural environment. The whirlpool shape is the form that most influenced the urban layout of the project and the derived relation between itself and the surroundings.
The North-South axis passes through the whirlpool along the pedestrian pathway and builds the hierarchy by classifying the plaza and the main edifices, which develop along its course, the cultural center from the east and the municipal library from the west.
The Aqueduct, that draws its visual and conceptual appearance from Caesarea's famous aqueduct remains, represents the central motif of the project's design. The transformation of the mystical and symbolic distant past to the Israeli modernity operates as a means to convey affinity and identification of oneself with the place.
The material chosen is local Israeli: concrete covered with stone. The use of nearby Samaria stone was carried out in two ways: Coarse outer layer stones were used for the lower part that emerge from the soil and smooth, finer stones for the upper walls.
The compound includes a 600-seat auditorium planned as a multi-purpose hall for shows and theatrical presentations and concerts. Despite its relative modest cost, it functions extremely well from an acoustic, technical and aesthetic point of view. The hall has a soft and curved wide space shape, which derives from the “whirl” contour outlines. The entrance hall accompanies the North-South pedestrian axis.
The library, the children’s library and the conservatoire are built as a longitudinal edifice along the western bank of the North-South pedestrian axis. The edifice consists of three blocks connected through an “Information Avenue", which constitutes a boulevard that joins the different buildings. This architectural concept allowed for a flexible planning of each of the buildings by maintaining the homogeneity and the harmony of the whole edifice.
The cultural center compound generates a center of attraction, identification and pride to the residents of Or-Akiva and its surroundings. Due to the quality of its design, shape and its functionality, the project has grown to become the Land Mark of the city.
Promoter : The Jewish Agency for Israel
Compound area: 7.5 acres
Built area: 8,000 m2
Project cost: $27M
Contractor: Abu Aiich Brothers Ltd.
Program: 600 seat Auditorium
Reference Library
Children's Library
Conservatoire
Senior Citizens' Day Care Center
Main Town Square
Archaeological Exhibit
Future City Hall
Office Activity: Master Plan of the Complex
Design of Buildings including: Dealing with the authorities
Coordination of consultants
Preparation of detailed plans
Interior Design
LandscapeDesign
Prizes: 1st prize Open competition - 1996
“A Beautiful Israel” - 2003
The building of the complex is part of the vision that we can now see realized of making Or-Akiva a place of culture under the direction of the Dep. Minister Yaacov Edri M.K., who was the mayor of Or-Akiva at the time.
The Urban dialog that relates between the southern and northern parts of the town (“old city” – “Orot”) and the West-East Axis (Or Akiva - Caesarea) by its arrangement creates the new modern heart of the town.
The natural circulation tracks, both pedestrian and vehicular, create a sort of whirlpool that attracts and stimulates simultaneously each and every one of the peripheries. This is a solution that creates a relationship between the edifice and the site and between the plot and its surrounding social and cultural environment. The whirlpool shape is the form that most influenced the urban layout of the project and the derived relation between itself and the surroundings.
The North-South axis passes through the whirlpool along the pedestrian pathway and builds the hierarchy by classifying the plaza and the main edifices, which develop along its course, the cultural center from the east and the municipal library from the west.
The Aqueduct, that draws its visual and conceptual appearance from Caesarea's famous aqueduct remains, represents the central motif of the project's design. The transformation of the mystical and symbolic distant past to the Israeli modernity operates as a means to convey affinity and identification of oneself with the place.
The material chosen is local Israeli: concrete covered with stone. The use of nearby Samaria stone was carried out in two ways: Coarse outer layer stones were used for the lower part that emerge from the soil and smooth, finer stones for the upper walls.
The compound includes a 600-seat auditorium planned as a multi-purpose hall for shows and theatrical presentations and concerts. Despite its relative modest cost, it functions extremely well from an acoustic, technical and aesthetic point of view. The hall has a soft and curved wide space shape, which derives from the “whirl” contour outlines. The entrance hall accompanies the North-South pedestrian axis.
The library, the children’s library and the conservatoire are built as a longitudinal edifice along the western bank of the North-South pedestrian axis. The edifice consists of three blocks connected through an “Information Avenue", which constitutes a boulevard that joins the different buildings. This architectural concept allowed for a flexible planning of each of the buildings by maintaining the homogeneity and the harmony of the whole edifice.
The cultural center compound generates a center of attraction, identification and pride to the residents of Or-Akiva and its surroundings. Due to the quality of its design, shape and its functionality, the project has grown to become the Land Mark of the city.
Promoter : The Jewish Agency for Israel
Compound area: 7.5 acres
Built area: 8,000 m2
Project cost: $27M
Contractor: Abu Aiich Brothers Ltd.
Program: 600 seat Auditorium
Reference Library
Children's Library
Conservatoire
Senior Citizens' Day Care Center
Main Town Square
Archaeological Exhibit
Future City Hall
Office Activity: Master Plan of the Complex
Design of Buildings including: Dealing with the authorities
Coordination of consultants
Preparation of detailed plans
Interior Design
LandscapeDesign
Prizes: 1st prize Open competition - 1996
“A Beautiful Israel” - 2003
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