shoshana damari school for special education | tel aviv

Educational Space for Children with Special Needs

The project was designed in close collaboration with the school staff, the Tel Aviv Municipality’s Education Department, the Public Buildings Division, and the City Architect’s team to provide an accurate and experiential response to the children’s needs. The school includes a wide range of outdoor, indoor, and intermediate spaces with varying degrees of privacy and intimacy.

The building is designed around a defined and protected inner courtyard, and the bridge connecting its wings serves as a shared outdoor space on the floor level, including landscaping and outdoor furniture. The design preserves all the mature trees on the plot and integrates them as a central part of the quality of the outdoor and indoor spaces.

The perforated metal details (characterizing a significant part of the facade) provide maximum safety (floor-to-ceiling closure), shading, privacy, indoor/outdoor connection, light passage, ventilation, dynamism, and aesthetics of color, light, and shadow.

In addition to classrooms and auxiliary rooms, the program also includes art rooms, creative spaces, dance, music, a Snoezelen room, a recording studio, a professional kitchen, a multifunctional library, a teachers’ room, and various areas for the school staff.

Built Area: 3000 sq.m

Plot Area: 4.9 d

Developer: Tel Aviv Municipality through ezra and bitzaron

Management and Supervision: Kav Project

Landscape Architecture: Barabim

Contractor: Liam Engineering

Photographer: Nimrod Levy