On the Way to the Sea / Derman Verbakel Architecture

Nov 2010

Uploaded by Andrew Rosenberg — Filed under: Landscape ,Public Facilities ,Selected , Derman Verbakel Architecture, Israel

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We just recieved this very interesting project from Derman Verbakel Architecture. “On the way to the sea”, located in the city of Bat-Yam, Israel, transforms the space that lies between the city and the sea to a place of its own rather than an in-between passage.

Photographs are courtesy of Yuval Tebol and Dernan Verbakel Architecture.

Further information and photos after the break.

The way to or from the sea passes through the site but the movement from point A to point B is not the purpose. A series of frames carefully positioned between city edge to sea shore host public activities, creating a new use for this in-between space. The installation invites inhabitants and passers-by to intervene and create opportunities for events and unexpected interactions by manipulating different elements integrated within the frames. In the gap between city and sea, the project encourages collective and individual interactions that range from urban events to beach activities.

A series of fixed frames containing movable elements creates a basic infrastructure in which users have the freedom to alter the urban space and fit it to their own private uses. Within the same frame, users can make changes to create very different situations and even fulfill the desire for a private space in the public domain.

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Starting at the city edge, visitors can start engaging with the space through an entrance ramp at the individual scale, leading to a balcony facing the street, followed by an “unfolded” living room constructed of elements that can be used as walking surface, table or chair. Starting from this more intimate apartment layout that faces the street, the installation then transforms towards the beach into a series of more public spaces such as ‘picnic on the lawn’ – a flexible structure with movable benches and tables turning around an axis, allowing for different seating arrangements and shaded ‘urban rooms’ that can be used for birthday parties or other social events.

At the interface between the project and the beach, an open terrace offers views to the sea, providing shade and reclined seating facing the horizon. Together, the elements create a micro-climate where people can meet, play, eat, talk or just hang out, thereby producing a platform for a wide range of possible interactions, from daily uses to special events.

: © Yuval Tebol

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: © Yuval Tebol

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* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Rosenberg , Andrew . "On the Way to the Sea / Derman Verbakel Architecture" 28 Nov 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/91335>

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up_today_arch says:

Very nice and to the point composition…

# November 28, 2010 at 17:49

Wasan says:

LOVE it!!!

# November 28, 2010 at 23:11

Dennis says:

“users have the freedom to alter the urban space and fit it to their own private uses”

… come on, who is going to do this? this sort of thing never gets used. most people won’t have a clue what these frames are for.

# November 28, 2010 at 23:42

R Goldschmidt says:

Wow,very nice instalation. Very artistic choise for urban “furniture”. Bravo, I’m spechless, and Dennis, one of my highschool teacher(painter and esthetic &architecture theory) tell us one thing: For who are we creating art? For people, or artist? Maybe, you are right: lots of people will not understand, but some will be. But:”come on, why did you say something like this?” You make me understand that you aren’t architect, artist or critique in those domaine, or even student. Petty!

# November 29, 2010 at 11:51