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אדריכלות ישראלית
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קטגוריית מחקר
- 2018-19
תחרות פרויקט השנה
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Dreaming of a Home: Housing
Shortage and High-Rise Building
Architect Yehoshua Gutman.
Associates: Osnat Tadmor and Elad
Horen
Based primarily on field projects, student
papers and articles, the starting point of
this study is that high - rise building is
accepted today as the ultimate solution
to housing shortage; and whether or not
it is the correct solution, the trend has
become a fact.
Hence, the question focused on the
discrepancy between the increasing
popularity of building towers among
entrepreneurs and the negation of
the idea among planners, mainly the
academic milieu.
In this frame, the study suggests analyzing
existing solutions in various places in the
world, among them locations where high-
rise is not perceived as preferable to other
building solutions.
The research strives to undermine the
myth whereby high-rise is more expensive
than low-rise building, acknowledging that
inmany cases the optimal solution is based
on a combination of the two, as long as it
is done in accordance with physiological/
social/and cultural conditions.
The various papers indicate that in
accordance with population variance,
there are many high-rise building solutions
throughout the world – such as luxury
villas, mixed-use buildings and public
housing.
Thus, while Holland, for instance has
many dried re-claimed areas, high-rise
building is less accepted, both due to
the foundation problem in water-logged
land, as well as for social reasons. While
in Singapore, with its considerable land
shortage, high-rise building is regarded
as an optimal solution for all sectors of the
population.
An important conclusion of the study
is that in countries where housing is
regarded as an economic potential for
growth and not as a problem - such as
Singapore where most housing is public -
the method proves itself to be an optimal
solution.
A no less important finding is that the
housing crisis in Israel is caused, in
the first place, by problematic planning
regulations, and therefore the solution lies
in regulatory change, supporting planning
methods.
However, the study does not suggest
a uniform typology, but rather various
solutions, eliminating bureaucratic barriers
and increasing governmental involvement
through providing land for building, the
main cause of chronic housing shortage.
Above:
A proposed tower in Bat Yam, based on
mix uses,by Gutman-Assif Architects.
Right page:
Lacking in identity Dutch
residential towers, by NL Architects.
In this context, the study proposes
comprehensive reform of the residential
construction process, with a practical re-
examination of popular concepts, such
as: mixed uses, urban renewal, green
building, and "vibrant urbanism".
research category
project of the year
competition 2018-19
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