Award winner
Pla(n)tform
Authors: Ori Ronen, Adi Reich
Advisor: Gaby Schwartz, Hamutal Gurevitch-Alonim
University: Israel Institute of Technology
Category: Building in Existing Structures
Description
The “New Central Bus Station” is located in a part of Tel Aviv marked by social and economic problems, an area intended for demolition.
In the project “Pla(n)tform”, the existing structure of the bus station is transformed, to the largest extent possible, into an Agricultural Center. The present function of the bus terminal is retained and complimented with public areas of office and retail. Superimposed on these functions is an area dedicated to agricultural use, as a local supply for vegetables and fruits. The project accomplishes on the ground level new connections between the south and north parts of the city. The suitability of the interventions, thorough and illustrative, provides results not only in the treatment of the existing structure but also in the planning of the cultivated surface. Further focal points addressed by “Pla(n)tform” are the reuse of waste water and organic waste (produced by the project itself), the structure’s influence on the immediate urban and microclimatic environment, the treatment of daylight and the consideration on the recycling of the transformed building mass.
Jury statement
An approach as reaction to the context, a clearly stated problem, the structure of the demonstrated solution and the high level of completion distinguish this project.
