nature museum | competition entry

2012 | submission to the competition, in collaboration with yoav messer architects | area: about 20,000 sq.m

"we need the land of genesis because we are wild animals. every person is entitled to a place where he can escape and go out of his mind in peace." (edward abbey). out of great respect for the open spaces, the natural phenomena and the urban fabric, we entered into a fascinating process of planning the nature museum in jerusalem. planning based on a complex interrelationship between the natural space, the open spaces, the exhibition spaces, the bordering streets and the built environment. breaking up the built mass into several buildings increases the overlapping areas between the exhibition areas and the jerusalem nature and allows the natural landscape to extend unhindered all over the migaresh. the externalization of the museum, commercial and public functions towards the street attracts different audiences at different hours. all the natural open spaces and most of the roofs in the project are fully accessible to the general public without the need to pass a gate or a ticket. the movement array - an intriguing and rich movement in a diverse medium (natural and constructed) based on a clear, legible, and accessible array. the traffic system was designed so that, on the one hand, urban traffic and a separate entrance to each complex would be possible, in the context of the outdoor areas, so that orientation in the museum is extremely simple. It is based on five different components, the different combinations of which create diversity and interest and allow each visitor to choose the route that suits him: horizontal museum movement, vertical museum movement for the visitor who goes deeper, and urban movement on the rooftops.