Orna Fraifeld best
Noa Marom
Ofer Bilik
Yaski Mor Sivan
Amit Geron
Nimrod Levy
Beit Lessin Tower, designed by Yaski–Mor–Sivan Architects, is located at the corner of Zikhron Ya’akov and Weizmann Streets, adjacent to the original Beit Lessin Theatre building. The preserved structure and the tower’s placement dictated the landscape design and divided it into two distinct areas: a green urban square at the street corner, and a pocket garden situated behind the historic Beit Lessin building.
Orna Fraifeld best
Noa Marom
Ofer Bilik
Yaski Mor Sivan
Amit Geron
Nimrod Levy
A diagonal pathway connects the two areas, crossing the square, passing the building entrance, and leading toward the rear green space. The grey pathway cuts through a plaza paved with greenish diamond-shaped stone tiles, forming a dynamic pattern into which vegetation penetrates in a seemingly random manner.
The green square is composed of a biological ornamental pool and twelve mulberry canopy trees. Together, the trees create a continuous shaded area that allows for comfortable seating and lingering in the shade. The pool is clad in steel and is designed to allow pedestrian passage through it.
The rear pocket garden is defined by the building itself and by a parking garage retaining wall. This wall, cast in exposed concrete, is articulated with recesses and protrusions that allow a biological water cascade to flow along its surface. The sound of the water creates a welcome acoustic separation from the surrounding city noise. Adjacent to the wall, lush climbing vegetation develops, and together with the flowing water forms a rich landscape façade facing the preserved Beit Lessin Theatre building. All water and electrical systems are housed within a perforated aluminum cabinet featuring a tree-pattern motif, continuing the language of the waterfall wall.
The landscape development is located above an underground parking structure serving the building, while maintaining a continuous soil depth of approximately 1.5 meters to support the growth of dozens of trees throughout the site. The parking systems are also concealed within the long wall enclosing the complex.
The green square is composed of a biological ornamental pool and twelve mulberry canopy trees. Together, the trees create a continuous shaded area that allows for comfortable seating and lingering in the shade. The pool is clad in steel and is designed to allow pedestrian passage through it.
