Urban fragments in Dir Al- Sune

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Studio

The primary motives of the project are:

1: urbanizing
by increasing building density is environmentally friendly as buildings cast shadows on
each other, giving a natural cooling effect. Shaded areas are needed for the comfort to
play and relax. It also leaves larger open spaces that can be enjoyed by everyone, and
create a better shared sfere that opens for the future inclusion in the urban fabric.

2: human scale
working with variation, distance and scale, I wish to learn from traditional, informal
building, and create a comfortable and unique environment.

3: social sustainability
“the house with several faces” gives each housing unit access to different levels, and
adaptability. Future generations might requre new uses or expand the house by turn-
ing courtyards, terraces or semi-public space into new rooms.

4: the new and the old

traditional elements such as the courtyard, which functiones as lightwell, ventilation
and social arena, combined with modern roads and functional planning.

The qualities of an informally built environment

The non-uniformity of movement gives the significant element of surprise.

Self-constructed houses are built up around the human body, seen from eyehight an
not from a masterplan. The conglomeration of these self-contained units, result in
physical fragmentation and human scale environments where short distances create
an intimacy with the space. Irregular shapes give each space a unique identity.

How can we translate the qualities of such informal architecture into a modern struc-
ture that meets the needs of the inhabitants, has urban potential, yet keeps the scale
of a local community?

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
 Site: Dir al - Sune, Arab al Sawahre

Position
Close to the Old City and Jerusalem City Centre, this area is still discon-
nected and has a distinctly rural character.

Existing buildings
Site is empty but for one building

Existing roads Street structure

Narrow, unconnected dirt roads
West and East Jerusalem

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
 Fragments of East Jerusalem

View to west Fragmentation

The beauty of local architecture in a varying topography In old arabic quarter, Fez, and East Jerusalem.

Interpreting local housing orientations and typology

Existing housing Levelling and densifying Breaking up the facades

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
 Is this a provocation?

Walls in East Jerusalem : local culture, a desire for privacy ?Adoption from the separation politics of the authorities?

Abstracts from Senan Abdelqader: Architecture of Dependency

“Some say that the city itself is culture, and that the history of culture is the history of the city. The absence of a city and
urban life has had a crucial impact on the unique way in which the Arab siciety in the State of Israel has evolved. The im-
pact of that vacuum is especiallly conspicous in the field of culture”
-Jamal Zahalka

“Having no control over the public sfere, they find themselves in a state of self-defense in relation to it.. One may say
that Palestinian society is devoid of public space”
- Senan Abdelqader

“ Their only affinity lies in their aspirations to imitate architectural patterns that have evoved elsewhere, usually in sites
populated by Jewish Israelis, which greatly differ from them in culture, history and aspirations. (...) Such imitation is a
hybrid and distortion of the neighbouring architectural patterns, in addition to its being alienated and even hostile to the
cultural setting. (...) Thus, initiatives, whether private or collective, to uproot the various architectural instances of pol-
lution and ugliness are of great significance. (..) Such solutions venture to pick specific modes and elements from his-
tory for themselves, without feeling burdened, and at the same time do not hesitate to adopt influences and concepts
from foreign cultures. In this context it is important to emphasize that such elements and ideas are capable of renewing
our affinities with our land in a more aesthetic manner, affinities that were distorted and even cut off in many cases.”
-Nabih Bashir

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
 Separating the private and the public without walls

Steep topography Creating plateaus

Functional infrastructure and terraces for living space are needed Increasing building grounds and efficient outdoor space

Section 1:200
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 The private and the public Public or shared private

Drawing on Scandinavian modernist ideologies of densi-

fying building mass to enjoy larger shared open spaces
for adaptable functions. Exploring use of rooftop gar-
dens, inner open spaces and degrees of privacy.
Private
Private
Private

A defined public parcel?

Plan 1:1000 Public space

Distribution of residential areas

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
 Toward an architecture
Spacial organizing

Voronoi tesselation

The Many-faced house

endless combinations
Urban grid

With spacial poteltial

A new geometry

spacial configuration on access

repetitive, indistinct spaces

the problem of “leftovers”

max utilization of space

Mothod to my madness

Angle system simplifies

complicated simplification

Tiles
with access to different zones

recurring shapes+passages

Mosaic

Mosaic

Unsystematic system
1: 1000

The puzzle
Exploring “boulder”-shapes on their own terms, in
systems according to their angles. The resulting
plan allows a good exploitation of land, informal
passage between buildings and gives each house a
ccess to open space and a unique facade, view and
light.

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
A 3D fragmentation

Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
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 Shared space: garage, storage and shops

Family one

Family two

The two family unit

Each family has access to both levels.

They each have an empty space which can be

rented out or used for own commercial inter-
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Garage and storage room on the ground floor

are shared, and they have separate entrances.

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Roof off 1st floor is part

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pub level

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Liv Grete Strømme Framgard

In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga
 Public cafe corner Private courtyard

Section B 1:100

Perforated metal shutters offer privacy,

shade and variation to facade
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Liv Grete Strømme Framgard
In+Formal Architecture, Fall 2010- 2011
Arch. Senan Abdelqader, Arch. Liat Brix-Etgar, Arch. Yoni Shaked, Arch Revital Saga