Project Description
The ‘Temporary Urban Grove’ visited the concrete urban environment of Jerusalem. A dynamic, green & shaded new urban experience constituted of trees on wheels, was designed for city dwellers to slow down their pace, meet, interact and play. The installation allows a green insertion to a busy and tense urban space.
The installation consists 45 movable earth made units including 20 fruit trees made out of 4 different types of Jerusalem earth.
The modular system suggests to rethink urban nature to transform the concrete piazza with a new earth like topography. This modular system, combining various units set in a mathematical pattern is built on wheels and offers the city dwellers to reshape the urban common space together every day into a space choreography of ever- changing needs.
Zion Square, which over the last few years has evolved from center of West Jerusalem, into a transit, has recently become an urban meeting point, but not in a particularly positive sense; from political riots to extreme social groups that empower the congested square. The installation wishes to melt down these barriers through a green and earthly insertion and make place for new intimate resting spots, places to wander and magic of nature to appear.
Out of Zion” is a joint project with the Jerusalem Season of Culture and the Muslala Group and designer and architect, Lila Chitayat.
Artistic director of Muslala: Matan Israeli, Artisitc director Mekudeshet: Itay Mautner, Project manager: Eyal Lavit, Poducer: Kobi Frig, Construction and Earth Sculpture: Adamahi led by Daphna Yalon, Urban Agrigulture: Eden Rooftop Center led by Ella Gil, Structural construction: Shavit Yaron
Project Details
Architect & Designer: Lila Chitayat
Collaboration with: Musllala Group & Jerusalem Season
Designed for Mekudeshet Festival, Jerusalem
