FACTORY JAFFA HOUSE DESIGN BY PITSOU KEDEM ARCHITECTS
FACTORY JAFFA HOUSE DESIGN BY PITSOU KEDEM ARCHITECTS
From the architect. The 180 square meter residential
home is located in Old Jaffa. Its location is unique in that it is set above
the harbor, facing west with all of its openings facing the majestic splendor
of the Mediterranean Sea. Whilst it is difficult to determine the buildings
exact age, it is clear that it is hundreds of years old.
Over the years, it has undergone many changes and had many
additions made that have damaged the original quality of the building and its
spaces. The central idea was to restore the structure’s original, characteristics,
the stone walls, the segmented ceilings and the arches including the exposure
of the original materials (a combination of pottery and beach sand). The
building has been cleaned of all of the extraneous elements, from newer wall
coverings and has undergone a peeling process to expose its original state.
Surprisingly, modern, minimalistic construction styles remind us of
and correspond with the ascetic style of the past, and this despite the vast
time difference between them. The central idea was to combine the old and the
new whilst maintaining the qualities of each and to create new spaces that
blend the styles together even intensify them because of the contrast and
tension between the different periods. The historical is expressed by preserving
the textures and materials of the buildings outer shell and by respecting the
building engineering accord.
The modern is expressed by the opening of spaces and by altering
the internal flow to one more open and free environment along with the use of
stainless steel, iron and Korean in the various partitions, in the openings and
in the furniture. The project succeeds in both honoring and preserving the
historical and almost romantic values of the structure whilst creating a
contemporary project, modern and suited to its period. Despite the time
differences, the tensions and the dichotomy between the periods exist in a
surprisingly balanced and harmonic space.
Architecture: Pitsou Kedem
Design Team: Pitsou Kedem, Raz Melamed, Irene Goldberg
Photography: Amit Geron
Design Team: Pitsou Kedem, Raz Melamed, Irene Goldberg
Photography: Amit Geron
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PITSOU KEDEM
Pitsou Kedem Architects was founded in 2002 and today employs eight
architects (Irene Goldberg, Nurit Ben Yosef, Raz Melamed, Noa Groman, Ran
Broides, Hila Sela, Omer Dagan, Tamar Berger).
The office was established by Pitsou Kedem, a graduate of the
Architectural Association in London and mentor of final projects at the
Technion Hafia’s Faculty of Architecture.
In the past two years, the office has received five awards in the
Israeli “Design Award” competition, and has been chosen Architect Office of the
Year in the “Private Construction” category by Israeli Construction and Housing
magazine.
The office designs private as well as commercial projects. Such as
B&B Italia’s Tel Aviv flagship store, a boutique hotel on the city’s
prominent Rothschild Boulevard and an events hall. Pitsou Kedem’s designs are
minimalistic in their nature, based on principals of restricted formality that
produce a clean, coherent and harmonious architectural language. The studio
aims to preserve its architectural handwriting and its architectural vision in
all of its projects.
