REDESIGNING THE INDEPENDENCE GARDEN - AIMS

Connecting the city to the sea
1. Connecting the main streets to the beach
2. Environmental trigger - a renewal of an urban fragment

a. Main streets - Nordau blvd., Jabotinsky and Arlozorov

b. A unified space containing Hayarkon St. and the garden's facade

c. Connecting the cliff promenade to the beach promenade

Keeping the public space open
1. Creating clear borders and sustainable interfaces
2. A new program to keep the public space as an open garden:

a. An open theater for up to thousand people
b. A green - 2 acres
c. A two-story underground car park
d. Five restaurants/caffes
e. A playground area - 1 acre
f. A multi-purpose playing field
g. Interfaces with existing and planned hotels
h. A connection to the beach and Tel-Aviv's promenade
Strengthening local and cultural values
1. Use of existing qualities and resources.
2. Additional contemplative qualities.

a. Existing qualities of the sea, the beach, the promenade, the marina, the Kurkar cliff, the Moslem cemetery and Hilton's

b. The people - visitors, neighbors, gays, workers on a break and more

c. 'Contemplative statues' along the main path which connects the leftovers back to one garden

click to enlarge the essence of the project - redisigning the Independence garden connecting the city and the sea an environmental trigger - a renewal of an urban fragment connecting the main streets to the beach main streets - Nordau blvd. main streets - Jabotinsky main streets - Arlozorov main streets - Arlozorov a unified space containing Hayarkon St. and the garden's facade connecting the cliff promenade to the beach promenade keeping the public space open strengthening local and cultural values creating clear borders and sustainable interfaces a new program to keep the public space as an open garden use of existing qualities and resources additional contemplative qualities 'contemplative statues' along the main path which connects the leftovers back to one garden