Project: Ariel Sharon Park – restoration of Shapirim river
Team: Architect – Assaf Kashtan | Architect Alex Nosakov | Shay Levy – Project Manager | Dr. Elazar Bamberger – hydrologist | Dafna Halvitz, Dr. Uri Pergman – vegetation | Dr. Eldad Elron – ecologist
Client: Ariel Sharon Park
Location: Ariel Sharon Park – South
Size: 300 dunams
The planning deals with the reorganization of a section of Stream Shapirim to create a diverse and high-quality natural habitat, as part of the ‘green lung’ of Ariel Sharon Park, and the regulation of systems required for the visit and stay of a crowd of visitors. The special circumstances of this project meant that the planning team was tasked with creating a stream section on a new route. The work was done by a multidisciplinary team where all the aspects are consolidated into an integrative concept that includes aspects of landscape, environment, ecology and hydrology. The planning concept is of a “natural” show with a minimum of development required to make the stream accessible to the public – mainly for nature education purposes, a leisurely observation trip On the stream and extensive wandering of nature lovers on unpaved paths within the stream, less as a place for intensive recreation.
