Norsk arkitektduo premiert i stor konkurranse
Med sitt utkast "If there is a will there is a way" er sivilarkitektene Marit Justine Haugen og Dan Zohar tildelt 3. pris i den internasjonale, åpne arkitektkonkurransen ”A town landmark”.
Marit Justine Haugen (f. 1973, Oslo). Sivilarkitekt og billedkunstner. Bakgrunn fra Akademiet I Trondheim / KHIO/ Academy of Art & Design Jerusalem og arkitektstudier fra NTNU, Trondheim.
Dan Zohar (f. 1972 Jerusalem). Sivilarkitekt. Bakgrunn fra arkitektstudier ved NTNU, Trondheim og Academy of Art & Design Jerusalem.
Dannet Haugen & Zohar Arkitekter i 2003, til sammen 6 års erfaring innenfor utsmykkingsprosjekter, småskala arkitekturprosjekter og detaljprosjektering.
Konkurransen, som er den 40. i rekken arrangert av japanske Central Glass company, talte i alt 798 innsendte utkast. 391 av disse kom fra Japan, de øvrige fra resten av verden.
I sitt utkast har Haugen og Zohar arbeidet med utgangspunkt i Israels mur mot de palestinske områdene på Vestbredden (se arkitektenes egen beskrivelse).
I juryen satt anerkjente japanske arkitekter som Toyo Ito og Kengo Kuma. Premievinnerne mottar sine hedersbevisninger samt premiesjekker 26. oktober i Tokyo. Vinnerprosjektene blir publisert i kvartalstidsskriftet JA, vol. 60.
FRA ARKITEKTENES BESKRIVELSE
An existing Landmark – The Separation Wall
An immense complex – a 720-km separation barrier. 48 km of this barrier is made of prefabricated concrete wall, 8 meters high. The wall is currently being erected between Israel and the West Bank. The wall is a landmark, no one can be proud of.
The humanitarian outcomes of this landmark are a symbol of the uncreative action implemented by the modern man. Its construction consequences are that peoples are barred in enclaves, villages are separated for their means of livelihood, olive trees are uprooted and water infrastructures were destroyed.
Instead of a place where stories are told it is a place stories where cut, replaced by a single, sad story that one do not need to tell, it is seen from far far away…..
A landmark within the landmark
The Climbing Wall
Our intervention redesigns the walls prefabricated elements, transforming them into an identical double sided climbing wall. This wall is an invitation to see the other side, to know each other, to make an effort. Our landmark is the people.
The ensemble of the people who dare to challenge the wall, create an ever changing composition of colours, shadows and movement, a human wall of hope and will.
The Squash Court
Our proposal interferes in the existing wall, symbolising opposite realities. The work suggest a place where an equally set of rules dominates, the rules of the game, where nationality and religion make no difference.
A light-cube of glass, consisting of 2 set of Squash Courts is penetrating the wall in east-west direction. The separation wall is in this point transformed into a shared play wall made of semi opaque toughened glass. The enthusiasm and applause is heard over the wall, and there are winners on both sides!
