אדריכלות ישראלית

Architecture of Israel #

115

November

2018

House of the Season

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english readers

house of the season

house in the

jordan valley

Shira Shenton

בית בבקעת הירדן

החצר הקידמית הנפתחת

מימין:

ישירות לסביבה מקיפה את החצר המוגנת.

שמואלי-עידו אדריכלים

אדריכל איילת עידו.

אדריכל עמי שמואלי.

הילה עידו.

צילומים:

טייק אייר.

צילום רחפן:

Located on Moshav Fazael in the Jordan Valley, the house consists of two cubes two

patios and two gardens - one enclosed and the other open. Thus, the parts of the

building that vary in size and location are organized according to their distance from

the endless, arid desert.

Structured by walls and openings, this regulated arrangement creates a gradual,

bidirectional, penetration of the outside into the inside, and of the inside towards

the outside, according to the required level of exposure on one hand, and needed

privacy on the other hand.

While the smaller cube, which includes the living area, opens gradually onto the two

patios and in-turn the garden, open to the endless surroundings, the larger cube that

includes the bedrooms, faces a private courtyard.

Regulated by walls and openings, the effect of the hot and dry climate is controlled,

enabling passive shading and ventilation during the summer, while in the winter -

greater exposure to the warming sun rays.

This relationship gives the cubic structure an architectural depth that blends modestly

with the desert surroundings against the mountainous background.

House in the Jordan Valley

Right:

The front yard that opens

directly to the outside, surrounding the

protected garden.

Shmueli-Ido Architects

Architect Ayelet Ido.

Architect Ami Shmueli.

Photo:

Hila Ido.

Aerial photo:

Take Air.