check @ Herzelia Pituah House 4 by Pitsou Kedem
The house was built as a vacation home for a family living abroad. It is situated directly on the coast in the center of the country. The buildings architectural design is based on three central masses that surround a large internal courtyard with a swimming pool at its center. The masses comprise the border and the barrier between the street, the neighbors and the home’s interior and between the internal courtyard and those same spaces. The central theme was to create dynamic walls that allow, on the one hand, the elimination of the boundary between the central courtyard and the internal spaces, and on the other hand, the creation of a changing and dynamic facade that allows for the total closure of the façade or different levels of exposure or concealment.
The central mass is bounded on the side facing the pool, by a seven meter long aluminum display with no supporting columns. Half of the display is divided into six large continuous units that are embedded in wall niche and are, in effect, concealed units. The encompassing mass becomes a floating one and the boundary between the kitchen and the long bar that extends along its entire length and between the pool and the surrounding deck is cancelled out in its entirety and so creates an open home with no boundaries. A space where the border between the inside and the outside becomes blurred and, in effect, creates a new space that is a cross between an internal and external space.
The side the sea to the west, allows for a richer relationship between the exposed and the concealed. A partition created from six equal metal sections and adjustable wooden slats allows for the total closure of the façade or different levels of blurring between the inside and the outside. The dynamism of the large accordion doors and the adjustable wooden slats allows natural light that enters through them, to play a central role in the homes internal spaces and for the creation of geometrical displays of light against the vertical and horizontal areas and so enrich the material restraint in which the homes spaces are fashioned.
Architect: Pitzo Kedem Architects in cooperation with Tanju Qzelgin
Interior Designer: Pitzo Kedem Architects
Design Team: A Pitzo Kedem architect and Noa Groman
Plot size: 1000 square meters
House size: 600 square meters
Designed and built: 2007 – 2010
Photographer: Amit Geron
