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The site: The White City of Tel Aviv

Moscow Urban Forum 2018 The 20th Century Presents. Approaches and Practices of Working with the Legacy of Last Century Example: White City of Tel-Aviv, Israel by Micha Gross, Bauhaus Center Tel-Aviv. The site: The White City of Tel Aviv.

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The site: The White City of Tel Aviv

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  1. Moscow Urban Forum 2018The 20th Century Presents. Approaches and Practices of Working with the Legacy of Last CenturyExample: White City of Tel-Aviv, Israelby Micha Gross, Bauhaus Center Tel-Aviv

  2. The site:The White City of Tel Aviv

  3. The architects involved in the construction of the “White City” during the 1930s and 40s, have been mainly inspired by4 sources: -The Bauhaus School -Erich Mendelsohn -Le Corbusier -Schools in Belgium

  4. In the 1980s the “White City” got more and more neglected and people left it Rabinovitch House, 106 Dizengoff St., 1935, Arch. Ben-Ami Shulman

  5. Nomination of the White City as World Heritage Site in 2003

  6. Site description: Tel Aviv has about 410 000 inhabitants, about 25% of them are living in the historical center (around 100 000 inhabitants). Tel Aviv numbers about 4000 buildings in International Style, about 50 % of them are under preservation law: around 2000 Legal status: more than 90 % of the classified buildings belong to private persons

  7. What are the obstacles concerning the renovation of the buildings of the White City? 1. private apartments (each building belongs usually to several different owners) 2. expensive renovations needing the approval of the municipality 3. lacking public interest in modern architecture of the “White City”

  8. Tel Aviv’s unique way to improve cooperation with house owners of protected buildings The municipality gives house owners “building rights” allowing them to add to their existing classified buildings one ore two floors. By selling the additional floor, the whole building has to be renovated. Win WinSituation: neither the municipality nor the house owners have to pay for the renovations

  9. Recanati House, 35, Menachem Begin Road, 1935, Architects: ShlomoLiaskovski and Ya’akov Orenstein A three-floor building on a street corner lot, with commercial ground floor and two residential floors above. The building stands out in the repetition of balconies with rounded and straight handrails. Preservation: Bar Orian Architects.

  10. 4, Ein Vered Street, 1935, Architect: PinchasBienzunski Addition of floors and elevator with a setback from the front using curved lines. Preservation: Bar Orian Architects

  11. 7, Ha Neviim Street, 1933, Architect GeniaAverbouch. Addition of a floor designed as a continuation of the contour of the building, but with different materials. The roof is in the shape of two vaults meeting in the joining point between the building grids. Preservation: Bar Orian Arch.

  12. Bauhaus Center Tel-Aviv The aim of the center is it, to create a rational as well as an emotional relation between the heritage site and its’ population. Tools: Tours, Exhibitions, Books, merchandise designed in the spirit of the heritage site. Education of school children as well as of adults.

  13. Bauhaus Center Exhibition space

  14. Bauhaus Tour

  15. Publications

  16. Merchandise

  17. Conclusion about the Management Plan of the world heritage site of the “White City” of Tel Aviv 1. Preservation can be realized also in a “living” city with private ownerships mainly. 2. Preservation laws should be adapted to the local circumstances and not only copied from other places, due to different local culture and traditions 3. The local municipality should give an example by renovating public buildings as identification symbol for the heritage site. 4. Cultural and commercial initiatives should be established, increasing the populations’ emotional involvement towards the site. .

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