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created on april 2020
"Dancing Skies" is a project that explores the possibility of maintaining a community as well as a sustainable city life by creating architectural elements that wrap around the facade and in some points cut through the core.
The gardens and city facilities slowly climb the building, jumping from balcony to balcony on various floors.
In order to conserve energy, wind is converted into electricity. Fruits are grown on site in order to reduce shipping.
Dancing Skies
Old Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv
The old central bus station in Tel Aviv is an area that is forgoing a transformation. The site features a combination of new, tall and renovated buildings alongside old, damaged and at times abandoned buildings. There is a high rate of traffic passing through. The area is inhabited by residents with a low social-economic back-round and many refugees.
The site offers no places to sit or interact
Urban Intervention
Street Orientation diagram
New street configuration
The the two streets heading in the east-west direction have been condensed into one that is better located, leaving a walkway for pedestrians and navigating the traffic away from the housing units. The space marked in red is the one i developed in depth.
Strategic Diagrams
Stratagy #1 Making Use Of The Wind:
The wind analysis reveals that the wind primarily flows from the north and at time from the west. In order to collect as much energy as possible most the turbines are placed facing north with a few facing west. the length of the northbound turbines is higher than the westbound ones.
The turbines are placed in the highest locations and between the towers in order to catch the wind at the storngest point
Stratagy #2 Making Use Of Rooftop Space:
The plantations on the rooftops have a dual purpose, improving the carbon imprint and increasing the social interaction. In
order to minimize costs most of the plantations will be built with 250 millimeters in height which is appropriate for small shrubs and turf. Whats more, the rooftop gardens are connected allowing residents of other floors to visit.
Floor Plans And Sections
First Floor Plan: this plan shows the walk ability in the open space and functionality in the built space.
Inner Street Facade: This facade shows the public spaces and offices.
West Section: on the right side we see the climbing gardens and social spaces and on the left the core of the tower
Animations
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