Completion Date:     10/31/2013

Square Footage:      9250

Building Use:           Events Hall

Location:                 Hadera, Israel

Project Description:

Eco-29 is a physically morphing, spatially adaptable wedding hall and event space that stands as one of the largest spatially kinetic environments of its kind. The architects’ motivation for creating the design lies in mediating between the outside environment and the dynamic spatial layouts that exist sequentially in the context of a wedding ceremony. Natural analogies were studied to find a soft approach to the architecture, resulting in a concept that comprised a fabric skin kinetically morphing within the rigid confines of the building through the use of computer-controlled motors. It was required that the space be able to open up as much as possible for other events and that there be a stage at one end of the building and an open garden at the other. In effect, the space had to have absolute three-dimensional flexibility.

The project was carried out in the industrial city of Hadera, Israel. This project takes an important step towards revitalizing an industrial / manufacturing area. The wedding hall was the first building within the industrial area that was cleaned up and repurposed. The entire site was cleaned from industrial debris from years as a former manufacturing plant. The site was completely replanted with indigenous plants and efforts were taken to retain all older trees on the site.

The concept was developed whereby a “soft” architecture would be developed within the rigid confines of the existing warehouse building. The existing manufacturing building was stripped down to the steel structural skeleton with the existing roof. The walls and ceiling were then insulated. All of the wood structure was completed with reclaimed wood and the original concrete floor was patched and refinished.

C.O.T.E. | Committee on the Environment

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