Smart Mounds: A Computational Exploration of Desert Afforestation
Methods in the Negev area, Israel
Topographic Analysis and Parametric Modeling
The project focuses on the relationship of the city of Be’er Sheba (located at the south of Israel) with its adjacent river. While the area is semi-arid, the river tends to flood several times a year during winter. The large amounts of water collected in the river at these times have great potential for the development of the Be’er Sheba Park, which connects the city and the river. The area of intervention lays at the city’s outskirts, where the topographical differences tend to extremes. The project aims to leverage this fact, as well as the large amounts of water available during winter time, as a means for local afforestation. The proposal focuses on the revitalization of the area through the creation of an intelligent water collection system that was planned based on GIS data.
Duration. February 2012
Collaborators. Nir Zarfaty, Tamy Strugo
Affiliation. AA Visiting School, "Active Matter" Workshop, Israel (Hosted by Shenkar College of Engineering and Design)
Program Directors. Gary Freedman (ShaGa Studio, Amsterdam), Shany Barath (UNStudio, Amsterdam)