SURVEY SUMMARY

a. Missed urban potential:

1. The garden blocks the streets and the city from the beach.
2. The garden fails to continue any commercial sequence along the beach promenade and Hayarkon street.
3. A small, single and unique garden in a large residential area.

 

b. An enclosed garden – low visibility:

1. Visual discontinuation between the garden and Hayarkon street.
2. Except for the Northern entrance, from Nordau boulevard, there are no clear and inviting entrances to the garden.
3. Unsatisfactory accessibility between the garden and the beach.
4. Due to the topographical structure of the garden the sea’s visibility from the garden is restricted to the cliff area.

 

c. A divided garden:

1. Hilton hotel was built in the centre of a public garden.
2. Hilton’s service areas bite off a large portion from the garden.
3. The southern part of the garden (renovated and named ‘Spiegel Garden’) carries a different character and is actually a separate unit.

click to enlarge
a wallled beach for religious people unique Kurkar cliffs the Muslem cemetery Hilton hotel Hilton service areas and parking lots reserved for intended Hyatt hotel original entrance to the garden unique seashore vegetation dense wood of ficus trees and bushes the green Spiegel garden a poor passage between the walled marina and Atarim Sq. the Tel-Aviv marina dense vegetation hides Spiegel garden from Hayarkon St. Atarim Sq. - a run-down hotels, cinemas and shopping Ben-Gurion Blvd. Arlozorov St. Hayarkon St. - prestigious for its location, hotels and embassies Jabotinsky St. runs across Tel-Aviv to its commercaial district Nordau Blvd. - the northest in the boulevards chain the cliff promenade lowers near Hilton's Hilton's "underground" parking lot's facade towards Hayarkon St. Hilton's access roads and service areas dense vegetation blocks the garden from Hayarkon St. the Mediterranean the Mediterranean