אקפלה

After a challenging year in Israel, in which society oscillated between deep social division and impressive civic resilience revealed during the crisis, Israeli society finds itself at a crossroads where it needs to redefine the basic values underlying the state. In my view, during such times of crisis, we should turn to culture and art, regarding them as a mirror for society, and try to derive tools from them that will help overcome the crisis and even grow from it. The project examines how to translate the diversity and cohesion present in art, particularly as expressed in classical musical pieces from the classical period in Europe, into principles from which a unique architectural language can be derived. By translating the tension between cohesion and diversity into three-dimensional and spatial principles, architecture is harnessed to create diverse cultural meeting spaces that contribute to cohesion without negating uniqueness and differences. These principles are examined and implemented in Hadera, a city rooted in the foundations of Zionism and the Jewish settlement in Israel, which currently lacks dominant cultural and public buildings in the urban space of Hadera. The chosen site, which was established at the First Aliyah, is characterized by a grid of urban blocks, cohesive in their form and connections but diverse in their character and components. There, I propose planning an urban cultural axis, interwoven with public buildings: a theatre, a music centre, a library, and a philosophical park. These institutions will serve as focal points for social encounters based on shared artistic experiences. The project seeks to revitalize the historic centre of the city and create an "urban creation" that combines a variety of cultural and human voices through exciting architecture.