Bauhaus

Ficus Microcarpa has been planted along the streets of Tel Aviv to provide shade and shelter from the desert sun. It is considered a staple of Israeli landscape and is integrated into, as well as predominates, that landscape. Thus, it stands out and dominates, visually, one daily basis. “The Ficus has mostly wide, full leaves... which are sometimes divided into compartments. It often reveals its roots, which come out of the ground and move out to the surface. These roots can even come out of the tree’s branches as well as its trunk and flow to the ground such that they resemble a flowing bush. The designers of this project drew inspiration from three major sources and strove to attain an organized integration of concepts, ideas, and feeling... More

With unparalleled views over the lake to Sacrow peninsula , the Villa H is the only manson in Potsdam's suburb of Nauen that was built directly on the bank of the Jungfernsee. At the heart of Potsdam’s cultural landscape, surrounded by royal palaces and gardens, the property is located in the Bertinistrasse, which distinguishes itself by the early 20th century grand old mansions of the Private Bankers Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Stark and Herbert. Following its latest conversion to an impressive Bauhaus Villa during the late 1920s, the story of this once socially significant site ended with its utilization as a Data center during the period of the German Democratic Republic. Most recently, an extended period of vacancy accelerated the destruc... More

The future inhabitants of the Oreha Sphera apartments, which lie within the Bauhaus and UNESCO World Heritage quarter of Tel Aviv, will live in a green oasis. Here, Pott Architects have designed a transparent, undulating façade that seems to float on a garden shelf, strewn with plants to provide shade and cool the building‘s exterior. An innovative vertical greenery system continues through the entrance area and into the building’s central atrium, providing a fresh natural climate to the entire ensemble. Spectacular views across the city are enabled by a surrounding glass façade which dematerialists the boundary between interior and exterior spaces. More

The competition brief for the extension of the ‘Bauhaus archive, museum of design’ in Berlin (Walter Gropius, 1964), concerned 800 m2 exhibition space for permanent exhibitions, 400 m2 exhibition space for temporary exhibitions, plus museum shop, café and supporting spaces. The new exhibition spaces are mainly underground except for the café, that with its shell-shaped roof structure opens up to the square in front of the museum. The lower lying spaces are linked to one another by a circulation element formed of several strips, which structure the building, at times disappearing below landscape level and at other times rising above it. More

A private residence built in the center of a historic avenue and at the very heart of Haifa's French Carmel neighborhood. The avenue is studded with a number of residences designed in the Bauhaus style. The Bauhaus style gained its hold in Israel in the wake of international styling trends and is a ornament free design style, both simple and down to earth. The style celebrated the aesthetics of the machine and was characterized by uniformity of color and by unassuming and simple finishes and facades. The style faithfully represented the spirit of the age and the location. This project, designed decades later, creates a line that connects contemporary styling with the spirit of that bygone era. The project emphasizes and sharpens the differe... More

This private urban residential house is a conversion and renovation of a three-storey five apartments building typical of the common construction style in Tel Aviv of the 1930s. The plot area is 330 Sq.m. and the built area is 400 Sq.m. The entire building, which originally contained five apartments, two on each floor and one covering half of the roof, was converted into a family residence. The joint stairwell of the apartment building was left as it was and serves as a vertical corridor connecting all building spaces. The ground floor was designed as a living room, kitchen and dining room, with wide windows overlooking the yard surrounded by a high fence. The first floor was made into the son’s apartment and a working studio for all... More