2024       Bilu 13  /  Tel Aviv

Client: A. Lippmann Ltd.
Size: 2,000sqm
Program: 20 Units
Photo: Amit Geron

This new residential building is part of the renewal development of the historical center of Tel Aviv.
Due to its special location, in the heart of the city, surrounded by neighboring listed buildings, we used the historical material as a source of inspiration and meaning, coming from a design approach that pay honor to the unique historical context of the neighborhood.
The project preserves the characteristics of the existing urban fabric and the quality of life in this intimate, green street and amalgamates the Genius loci with the Zeitgeist.
The building's basic geometry in plain, white box, but the building materials chosen for the envelope are rich and sensual; grainy "Wash Putz" plaster, exposed concrete in various textures, local sandstone, wooden windows and shutters that work as negatives, contrasting open and closed surfaces, a composition of full and empty modules.
For the rails, thresholds, pergolas and gates we've developed a unique detail of iron frames, and for laundry and safe room windows hides – concrete mashrabiyas. In addition to their functional, nostalgic and aesthetic value, the cladding details tie together the façade components and also penetrate inside the building through the lobby, elevator, staircase and the apartments' interior design.
The interior division of the apartments aims to discern the three living areas – the public, the service and the private. The public area is opened to the street, or to the back façade. The private area is located at the back, and between the two are the kitchen, bathrooms and systems coverups.
Another important part of the process was to expose and create an openness of the public area. Both the balconies, (the iconic Tel Avivian "Gzuztras"), and the wild sandstone cladded ground floor that flows out of the front gardening strap, are having dialogue with the street.
The combination of all those details, trying to preserve an integral unity between the various building components and balanced equilibrium between indoor and outdoor – is what redefines the historical international building style that characterized Tel Aviv.