Lital Smuk Fabian Rami Bar Maor
Dani Karavan
Amit Geron
Habima Square (Culture Square) is located at the heart of Tel Aviv’s cultural center and includes Mann Auditorium(Heichal HaTarbut), Jacob Garden, the Habima National Theatre, and thesculpture Elevation. Beneath the square lies a large underground parking facility. The square was designed by the artist Dani Karavan as an environmental sculpture and an urban garden, paying tribute to the days of “Little Tel Aviv” while simultaneously creating new urban connections between Rothschild Boulevard and Chen Boulevard. The design is characterized by a complete symbiosis between the underground parking structure and the sculptural and landscape elements that compose the square.
Lital Smuk Fabian Rami Bar Maor
Dani Karavan
Amit Geron
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Along Huberman Street, a sequence of gatesaccompanied by a row of cypress trees connects the entrances and exits of theunderground parking facility with the square above. At the southeastern cornerof the square, on a raised mound, a large sycamore tree was planted as areplica of the sycamore trees that once grew in Jacob Garden.
Memories from Dani Karavan’schildhood in Tel Aviv are expressed through landscape and vegetation elementsthat once existed in the area prior to the city’s development and theconstruction of buildings on the site.
Along Huberman Street, a sequence of gatesaccompanied by a row of cypress trees connects the entrances and exits of theunderground parking facility with the square above. At the southeastern cornerof the square, on a raised mound, a large sycamore tree was planted as areplica of the sycamore trees that once grew in Jacob Garden.
Along Huberman Street, a sequence of gatesaccompanied by a row of cypress trees connects the entrances and exits of theunderground parking facility with the square above. At the southeastern cornerof the square, on a raised mound, a large sycamore tree was planted as areplica of the sycamore trees that once grew in Jacob Garden.
Along Huberman Street, a sequence of gatesaccompanied by a row of cypress trees connects the entrances and exits of theunderground parking facility with the square above. At the southeastern cornerof the square, on a raised mound, a large sycamore tree was planted as areplica of the sycamore trees that once grew in Jacob Garden.
Approaching from RothschildBoulevard, the square is revealed as a large-scale urban mosaic, simple in formand colored in hues reminiscent of sand. At its center lies a sunken gardensurrounded by stepped seating. The garden is divided geometrically according tothe grid of Habima Square and the Cultural Hall.
Along Huberman Street, a sequence of gatesaccompanied by a row of cypress trees connects the entrances and exits of theunderground parking facility with the square above. At the southeastern cornerof the square, on a raised mound, a large sycamore tree was planted as areplica of the sycamore trees that once grew in Jacob Garden.
Along Huberman Street, a sequence of gatesaccompanied by a row of cypress trees connects the entrances and exits of theunderground parking facility with the square above. At the southeastern cornerof the square, on a raised mound, a large sycamore tree was planted as areplica of the sycamore trees that once grew in Jacob Garden.
Its southern section featuresa “Sand Garden” composed of dune vegetation, evoking Tel Aviv’s original sanddunes; at its center stands a grove of almond trees, recalling the almondorchards that once occupied the site; and in its northern part, a garden ofcolorful seasonal flowers commemorates the nursery that formerly operatedthere. Extending from the garden is a reflecting pool facing the Cultural Hall,alongside a series of small stages designed for intimate performances.
