Z-5 Design Building
Z-5 DESIGN BUILDING
Amir Mann-ami Shinar Architects And Planners
CLIENTS
Zalman Zecharya Investments
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Ami Shinar
DESIGN TEAM
Barak Levy, Yahav Lederer
CONSTRUCTION
Yaacov Guttman
ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
Yaacov Guttman
COLLABORATORS
Zigi Zohar, Lobby Design
ENGINEERING
Yaacov Guttman
LOCATION
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
CATEGORY
Apartments, Residential
YEAR
2019
AREA
8500 m²
Text description provided by architect.
Following our award winning Z Design building of 2013, Z-5 building, completed recently, takes even a further step in sharpening the "villa in the air" concept.
We aim to present here another alternative typology vs. the too common "apartment block", so typical of contemporary residential architecture all around us.
The plan is basically simple, comprised of four units per floor. But there is no "typical floor". By rotating some of the 33 units and subtracting others in certain floors, we break the uniform block: a three dimensional composition is achieved.
Thus, while all apartments are "planted" around the building core, each is almost disconnected from its neighbors. As a by-product of this composition, various private roof terraces are created, some are small -15 sqm, and some large - 100 sqm.
The structure is basically 35 cm thick cast in place concrete slabs with no columns inside any of the units. exterior walls are cladded with dry mounted off-white granite.
Living rooms and some adjacent bedrooms are enclosed by aluminum and glass curtain walls, enhancing the contrast between transparency and opaqueness.