Tattoo Quality: 以色列古城約帕（Jaffa ）的迷人公寓 by Pitsou Kedem

Thursday, August 25, 2011

以色列古城約帕（Jaffa ）的迷人公寓 by Pitsou Kedem

Jaffa Apartment / Pitsou Kedem Architect:

© Amit Geron

魚夫前言：

以色列古城約帕(Jaffa)是處迷人的小城，這座公寓大概有百平方米，重新整理後，再度展現當年的風華，面對壯麗的地中海，是Pitsou Kedem Archtec建築事務所的作品，讀者對約帕不理解可以參考下面這篇文章：

美麗的以色列古城 - 約帕(JAFFA)

The 100 square meter residential home is located in Old Jaffa. Its location is unique in that it is set above the harbor, facing west with all of its openings facing the majestic splendor of the Mediterranean Sea. Whilst it is difficult to determine the buildings exact age, it is clear that it is hundreds of years old. Over the years, it has undergone many changes and had many additions made that have damaged the original quality of the building and its spaces.

Architect: Pitsou Kedem Architect
Location: Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Project Team: Pitsou Kedem, Raz Melamed, Irene Goldberg
Project Area: 105 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Amit Geron

The central idea was to restore the structure’s original, characteristics, the stone walls, the segmented ceilings and the arches including the exposure of the original materials (a combination of pottery and beach sand). The building has been cleaned of all of the extraneous elements, from newer wall coverings and has undergone a peeling process to expose its original state. Surprisingly, modern, minimalistic construction styles remind Pitsou Kedem Architect of and correspond with the ascetic style of the past, and this despite the vast time difference between them. The central idea was to combine the old and the new whilst maintaining the qualities of each and to create new spaces that blend the styles together even intensify them because of the contrast and tension between the different periods.

The historical is expressed by preserving the textures and materials of the buildings outer shell and by respecting the building engineering accord. The modern is expressed by the opening of spaces and by altering the internal flow to one more open and free and the creation of an urban loft environment along with the use of stainless steel, iron and Korean in the various partitions, in the openings and in the furniture. The project succeeds in both honoring and preserving the historical and almost romantic values of the structure whilst creating a contemporary project, modern and suited to its period. Despite the time differences, the tensions and the dichotomy between the periods exist in a surprisingly balanced and harmonic space.