The architecture of the borderline and adrihalut al kav ha'tefer [on the seaming line]
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1997
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Iron, Hadar Dari
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Segrest, Robert T.
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This is a project about a way in which architecture can be invoked within the situation of borders. It is a research that encompasses cultural and socio-political issues to portray a design of structural elements that were conceived as an integral part of a complicated environment. Thus, the building itself is not only a reflection of the intense complexity but also an allegorical merging of elements that evolved from the unique characteristics of the borderline and its landscape. I propose an architectural structure between Israel and the Palestinian state in which the process of learning to live together will be practiced. It will be built on the zone defined by the borders of the two countries to establish a "mediating terrain" by which I hope to carry through two ideas. The first is a construction that by its significant elements will embody cultural entities generated from both nations and will function as a venue for local stories to be told by individuals rather than by the governmental voice.
The second idea is to construct a place that psychologically affects the act of crossing the border. Regarding the existing condition it is important that the movement from one country to the other will occur through an suppression of feelings such as hatred, revenge and control, and perhaps these destructive emotions will be transformed into ones that sustain a willingness to cope. The structure is planned to be a continuing marketplace in which various products are exchanged. There are open spaces for selling goods and closed places which function as an information market and allow people from both sides to collect data about the labor "demand and supply". The thesis was developed by breaking down the complicated topic of the border into fragments: pieces related to its content and pieces of making in several media.
This projects suggests a different way of representing an architectural idea as well as to interpret information. The methodology that I used through the development of the marketplaces was the connection of "signifiers" by which their varied meanings led to a framework of architectural decisions such as the materials, the forms, the arrangement of the functions and the circulation on the site.
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