Offener Wettbewerb | 08/2004
Hiriya Landfill Restoration and Ayalon Park
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From the distance, Hiriya appears as the „mystic mountain” in the midst of the spacious Ayalon plain.
This “genius loci” has been the objective of art competitions, of many discussions and design approaches. It should be preserved by all means.
In the interior the mountain becomes a landscape – an open and public mediterranean cultural scene, dry in the summer and full of beautiful flowers in spring, in its core the fountain as the symbol for nature.
In perspective this inner landscape will not be visible from the outside.
Like in every mountainous region, the edge of the mountain will offer fantastic views in particular of the skyline of Tel Aviv. At night special view points for the public will be seen from the outside and from the high buildings of the town you can see Hiriya shimmering in a pale red colour.
Its striking silhouette would be weakened by interventions like securing with gentle slopes or fillings for serpentine paths. Therefore a flat ramp winds up to the plateau, adjusting to the existing shape and also supporting the foot of the mountain. Serpentine ramps would be even longer than this gently ascending road.
It is directly linked to the accesses from the North. The entrance out of the valley promises a strong impact on the mise en scène making it more dramatic and more surprising.
In the wadi with its freely meandering rivers we find the conditions for high-growing vegetation. Within its perspective shadow, plantation-like plants can vegetate the footterrace. This spacious ring around the mountain will offer a variety of possible uses as far as sport.
The technical alternative is:
The sealing will cause a lowering of the fluid level in the mountain. The water will collect within a partly open reservoir. Like already planned the leachate will be drained subterraneously. Therefore it seems to be sufficient to secure the foot with heavy C&D – material and to give protection from flooding by relocating the rivers and creating a dam hidden in the footterrace.
In the course of time and with clearing away the methane, the steep slope will turn green successively, especially within the furrows of erosion and the debris. All of the species are already existing. Their direct water consumption will be a further securing element for the stability of the slope. In a future period, it will be possible to insert small footpaths into the steep gradients.
This “genius loci” has been the objective of art competitions, of many discussions and design approaches. It should be preserved by all means.
In the interior the mountain becomes a landscape – an open and public mediterranean cultural scene, dry in the summer and full of beautiful flowers in spring, in its core the fountain as the symbol for nature.
In perspective this inner landscape will not be visible from the outside.
Like in every mountainous region, the edge of the mountain will offer fantastic views in particular of the skyline of Tel Aviv. At night special view points for the public will be seen from the outside and from the high buildings of the town you can see Hiriya shimmering in a pale red colour.
Its striking silhouette would be weakened by interventions like securing with gentle slopes or fillings for serpentine paths. Therefore a flat ramp winds up to the plateau, adjusting to the existing shape and also supporting the foot of the mountain. Serpentine ramps would be even longer than this gently ascending road.
It is directly linked to the accesses from the North. The entrance out of the valley promises a strong impact on the mise en scène making it more dramatic and more surprising.
In the wadi with its freely meandering rivers we find the conditions for high-growing vegetation. Within its perspective shadow, plantation-like plants can vegetate the footterrace. This spacious ring around the mountain will offer a variety of possible uses as far as sport.
The technical alternative is:
The sealing will cause a lowering of the fluid level in the mountain. The water will collect within a partly open reservoir. Like already planned the leachate will be drained subterraneously. Therefore it seems to be sufficient to secure the foot with heavy C&D – material and to give protection from flooding by relocating the rivers and creating a dam hidden in the footterrace.
In the course of time and with clearing away the methane, the steep slope will turn green successively, especially within the furrows of erosion and the debris. All of the species are already existing. Their direct water consumption will be a further securing element for the stability of the slope. In a future period, it will be possible to insert small footpaths into the steep gradients.