V House Paz Gersh Architects
HOUSES•TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
Architects: Paz Gersh Architects
Area: 350 m²
Area: 350 m²
Year: 2013
Year: 2013
photographs: Amit Giron
Photographs: Amit Giron, Itay Sikolsky
The House is located in one of Tel Aviv's historically significant neighborhoods. The V home design concept
envisioned a contemporary Mediterranean villa with a historically significant wall still standing. A patio was
built as an outdoor foyer between the old wall and the house. The terrace protects the bedroom from the street by acting as a transparent interior elevation.
The public areas are laid out in an open layout between the patio and the outdoor garden on the ground floor. The goal of the design was to blur the lines between inside public spaces and open gardens. The top windows open to the gardens, while the bottom floor's glass elevations serve as moving dividers. A framing feature is employed in the external elevation design to isolate a section of the garden's landscape.
Within the glass-framed elevations, a combination of soft and rough materials were used to design the interiors.
On the ground floor, the kitchen is made up of dark brown woods and stainless steel, while the living room is
furnished with an eclectic mix of pieces that range in style from the 1960s to modern. The courtyard of the
Mediterranean garden houses the swimming pool. The pool serves as an oasis in the heated local climate while
reflecting the nearby metropolitan imagery inside the home.
A set of outdoor balconies on the upper stories were designed to look out into the front patio and the southern
back garden. Each patio, garden, balcony, and terrace was designed with local plants and animals in mind.
The original intention of the architect was to look for an architectural vocabulary that mixes regional allusions
and modern Mediterranean characteristics. These regional features, such patios, terraces, and courtyards, are
reinterpreted in the modern era.
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