Case study illustrates how a new building engages with the historical environment in Tel Aviv, suggesting a balance between past and present architectural influences.
Preserving the spirit of a historical environment does not necessarily mean a repetition of its language generated by nostalgia. The aim of this article is to present the way I was trying to form a real dialogue between a new modern residential building and the existing historic urban district of the city of Tel Aviv, neither by reconstructing the past nor dissociating from it by enforcing a completely new order. A district that already provided a unique interface between Eastern and Western architecture, being a micro-document of the architectural history of Tel Aviv from 1920 to 1930.
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