The Project Won 2nd Place in the "Shahar Ziv" Award,

and a Notable Special Mention in the ACA International Design Competition.

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"In that era [before 48'] there is not one Yarkon River, Tel Aviv has two banks. The southern in Tel Aviv's and the northern belongs to the Arab villages" (Avner De Shalit, from "Winding", a documentary about the Yarkon River).

The project deals with Eretz Israel Museum and Al-Shaykh Muwannis Village, on which lands the museum was built. It is disconnected from its surroundings. Timeless, confusing, unresolved. We aimed to create an experience of reflection and processing for visitors. We realized the place could not be understood without the connection to the Yarkon River, that is today separated from the museum. The program is a new entrance to the museum, which is not located in one spot but a sequence of elements, a process.

A space that reveals its physical and social layers, that elevates from the underground or subconscious' hard questions, that allows to rethink history and present of this place, and to ponder on Israel in general.