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Structures Of Action

Studio 07 WS 2023

Tutors:   Arch. Hila Shemer and Arch. Ganit Mayslitz-Kassif

Together with : Yssaf Ohana

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"Structures Of Action" a project that produces a new educational program that deals with the Campsite typology to train the next pioneers of the **Hadassah Neurim Youth Village. The camp is a liminal space that brings back the forgotten agricultural and soil crafts to the village. Allows the youth to experience a certain transition ritual, where they enter in one state and leave in another. This is a space where they are not quite pioneers yet, but also still a bit of a youth. In order to complete the journey of transforming to the new pioneers, they must go through 4 ceremonies related to the spill and agriculture crafts: Boarding, Settling, Making  and Breaking.

**Hadassah Neurim Youth Village is an educational community that provides a supportive, loving home for students and teachers. A professional dedicated team provides personal care to each student. The aim is to provide each and every child a chance to believe in him or her self, strengthen their inner competence and sense of belonging, and overcome all gaps and barriers derived from childhood hardships.

The Hadassah Neurim Youth Village is located between a highway in the east and the coastline in the west. Which gives it the feeling of being on an island  isolated from the outside world. As such, it enables a laboratory for the creation of the next pioneers. The camp is divided into two parts. The boarding structure - which functions as a permanent structural system that supports the camp. And the temporary campsite - can be located in variable areas.

01 Boarding

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Events stops diagram:

The boarding building is the entrance to the camp program. The participants go through a sequence of training stations for wood construction, basic agriculture and survival skills before going down to the field. The building is located parallel to the highway and starts at the pedestrian bridge at the entrance to the village. In addition, the boarding brings back to use 4 abandoned buildings such as the sculpture and carpentry workshops. The structure consists of steel and wood. The light roof system allows connection and continuity between the different stations and the regulation of light in the building. The building creates height differences between the different stations and thus responds to the topography of the site. The upper level functions as a showcase for the camp's activities from the main road.

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Perspective Section, Carpentry workshop and storage

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Perspective Section, Sculpting workshop and Learning center

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The second stage is the settling, finding a space that will suit the camp. An intermediate stage in which the field is treated in preparation for the construction process. At this point, the participants receive a kit to build a mobile field classroom for a temporary stay. 4 wooden walls that can be assembled in varying terrain conditions.

02 Settling,or occupying space

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Portable Wall To Learn Everywhere

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03 Making

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Campsite Urban Plan

Making: The establishment of the campsite is the center of the action. It is a space where living, learning and physical experience are outside in nature. The camp consists of "Structures Of Action" used for rituals such as sleeping, recreation, research and initiation ceremonies. The sleeping caves module is designed to create the private space of the pioneers where you can study and create in the field. In addition, the kitchen module is used, on the one hand, for cooking and eating. And on the other hand, as an infrastructure for experimenting with different growing and gardening methods. Each module is designed according to its usage pattern, the wall, the shelf, the hole, and the cave all produce an architecture of an limen, an in-between state.

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Field Kitchens

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Mud Sleeping caves

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