The project focuses on the city center of Rehovot, which continues to expand putting in risk the sense of locality. On the border between the city center and the older neighborhoods, located the home venue of Hapoel Marmorek, under the threat of demolition without replacement.
Embracing the idea of the Football Stadium, as a typology of play and democracy, and like the city’s main square, could act under various intensities. The project looks to find the middle between the formal and the informal in order to suggest a new civic center to the city.
The project focuses on the city center of Rehovot, which continues to expand putting in risk the sense of locality. On the border between the city center and the older neighborhoods, located the home venue of Hapoel Marmorek, under the threat of demolition without replacement.
Embracing the idea of the Football Stadium, as a typology of play and democracy, and like the city’s main square, could act under various intensities. The project looks to find the middle between the formal and the informal in order to suggest a new civic center to the city.
The Field: Located between 3 of the oldest neighborhoods in Rehovot.
First appeared in the 50's as Marmorek (Seperated village of yemenite jews, now a neighborhood in Rehovot) people decided to found a football (soccer) team under the name "Hapoel Marmorek".
What once was outside of the built enviroment, today is in the very center of the city, located just two minute walk from Herzl Street (main street) and the shopping mall who operate as the main public space of the city.
The project focuses on the city center of Rehovot, which continues to expand putting in risk the sense of locality. On the border between the city center and the older neighborhoods, located the home venue of Hapoel Marmorek, under the threat of demolition without replacement.
Embracing the idea of the Football Stadium, as a typology of play and democracy, and like the city’s main square, could act under various intensities. The project looks to find the middle between the formal and the informal in order to suggest a new civic center to the city.
The Rehovot derby
Rooftop View
Typology playground
South-North Section
East-West Section
