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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Reflection House in Safed, Israel by HENKIN SHAVIT Architecture&DesignJuly 10th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: HENKIN SHAVIT Architecture&Design A residential private house for preservation that has been re-designed and planed anew in the old city of Safed. The web of crowded housing of old stone buildings in the old quarter of Safed is a complex context dictating a dialogue between the old and the new, between preservation and renewal and between the traditional and the trendy.
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 Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk The house is an old stone building, built in the shape of the Hebrew letter “Chet” , surrounding and inner courtyard. In its original layout, it contains five levels: the wine cellar level, 3 residential levels and the upper level – balconies and outer spaces.  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk The planning concept included values of both preservation and renewal, while connecting between the inner and the outer and between the public and the private.  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk The courtyard, which is an outer space, serves the function of a public space in the new house and the peripheral spaces function as the private spaces of the new house.  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk The Designers, Henkin Irit & Shavit Zohar started the project s with the complex stage of documentation and getting acquainted with the various formative and material aspects of the site after carrying out a comprehensive stage of exposing the site. Stone walls, arches, stone niches and impressive water well were all exposed at this stage. After this stage, the plan and the different sections were consolidated. The house has an impressive vertical section and a light steel and wood bridge connects the two masses adjacent to the public space. This bridge corresponds with an original flight of stairs, which dictates the vertical circulation.  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk “The design of the house presents the old via original lime-stones, arches, vaults and niches, while the new gets represented by materials such as concrete, mosaics, steel and tin threshing, as well as transparent and semi-transparent glass”, Henkin Shavit .  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk The house program includes a kitchen, salon and a dining corner on ground level. The cellar level contains storage place and a space for the landlords’ grandchildren to play in. The middle level contains a hosting unit + a toilet and a shower. In the upper level there is a sleeping and working area with attached bathroom and toilet. This space is made up of a bridge leading to the different two wings, which are also attached with balconies and outer spaces. The upper level consists of a big balcony overlooking a magnificent view of the surroundings in general and Mt. Meron in particular.  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk  Image Courtesy © Assaf pinchuk
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