July 17, 2014
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National Archives
project: National Archives, Jerusalem, Israel
date: 2012 competition proposal
client: National Archives, Israel
category: Cultural, Public
function: National literature, video and audio archives
area: 60,000 square metres
role: Architecture, design and coordination
collaborators: David Nofar Architects and IaN+
Description:
This project was characterised by very strict height limits due to the adjacent parliament, municipality buildings and the view towards a valley to the west. The plot is also on a prime junction next to the university and the national museum. For this reason, we proposed lowering the ground area just below the existing lower walkways, thus creating a welcoming piazza that is not only inviting, but also offers an open public space for interaction between visitors, students and passersby.
The programme requirement was to accommodate the archives’ three core areas of specialisation: Judaica, Israeli and Islamic literature, video and audio. Our proposal here consists of one large element with three conceptual paths individuating each of the main areas. This in turn created new external spaces at ground level that serve and connect with the upper walkway. Finally, an opening through the building masses was created in the form of extruded transversal voids that allow views of the parliament building and over the valley beyond.
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