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Entwurf • Design Tal Goldsmith Fish, IL-Tel Aviv
Bauherr • Client privat
Standort • Location IL-Tel Aviv
Nutzfläche • Floor space 200 m 2
Fotos • Photos Amit Geron, IL-Tel Aviv
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 182

REAL ESTATE OFFICE

IN TEL AVIV

Glass partition walls are indispensable in modern of-
fice worlds. That, apart from the transparency, a large
design potential can also be found in glass as the ma-
terial, is shown by the architects from Tal Goldsmith
Fish. In an Israeli real-estate office, they cleverly com-
bine all the advantages of glass and thus produce an
impressive play of transparency and translucency.
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T he centre of Tel Aviv is known for its Bauhaus architecture. Built
according to plans by European architects of Jewish descent who,
around 1930 and due to the political situation in Germany, were for-
ced to flee abroad, there are more than 4,000 white-plastered buil-
Grundriss • Floor plan dings which characterize the cityscape. Although the climatic conditi-
ons have caused an increasing greying of the striking façades, more
and more of the listed buildings are fortunately being renovated in
order to conserve the cultural heritage. The real-estate office which Tal
Goldsmith Fish designed is located in this centre – likewise in a buil-
ding from the 1930s – and ingeniously succeeds in bringing the uni-
„Ein Prisma im Herzen von Tel Aviv“ queness of the surroundings inside. The goal was to conserve the buil-
ding’s quality within the historic neighbourhood and to integrate the
Tal Goldsmith Fish requested elements, such as bright and open-plan office premises, in
a modern way. The result: undoubtedly a break with traditional struc-
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tures as clear as glass. More than twelve kilometres of glass strips of
different thicknesses turned into walls and cleverly divide the deep
floor plan into zones. Thanks to the simple – if elaborate in its imple-
Bildunterschrift • englisch mentation – trick, the transparency of the glass is turned into an im-
pressive kind of translucency. This makes natural lighting possible all
the way to the innermost rooms while the necessary discretion for
Grundriss Untergeschoss • Basement floor plan business dealings can always be ensured. Carefully admitted into
floor- and ceiling openings, sunlight as well as the light emitted by ca-
refully placed LED luminaires penetrates the individual panes, is pris-
matically broken and produces radial images with fascinating light re-
flexes which change in the course of the day. The pieces of furniture
and the people are also reflected in the prisms and create attractive
silhouettes. Besides the rough-looking concrete floor, the furniture
mainly made of steel emphasizes the use of rough materials, takes up
the vertical direction and produces a pleasant contrast to the lightness
of the delicate play of light. The lower level extending over half the
base area contains the social spaces. So now there is a truly polished
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Schnitt • Section diamond in the heart of Tel Aviv.

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