|
121 .
|
 |
Leila and Hamudi Habashi`s Home
3 Amiad St., Jaffa
Friday, May 7th, 9:00-13:00;
Saturday, May 8th, 10:00-15:00
|
|
|
Architect: Unknown, 1870; Interior design: Hamudi Habashi
An open house in an authentic structure dating back to the end of the Ottoman period, built along Jaffa`s walls. A house with high ceilings, wide and tall doors and windows, decorative floor tiles, and additional features characteristic of the period. The Habashis live in the house, where they also run a family restaurant.
Open house. Reservations not required.  |
|
| |
|
122 .
|
 |
Jaffa`s Lower City
Meeting place: Clock Square (next to the Kishle`s entrance gate), Jaffa
Saturday, May 8th, 9:00-11:30
and 12:00-14:30
|
|
|
A fascinating tour that traces some of the large-scale `rescue` excavations conducted in the center of modern Jaffa during the past decade. Led by Dr. Yoav Arbel from the Antiquities Authority, the tour includes Clock Square, the Flea Market, the Ottoman Gate, the Promenade, the Port, and Hatzorfim and Yehuda Hayamit Streets. The tour will highlight findings from the late Ottoman period (the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century) during which the city of Jaffa underwent significant changes.
Reservations are required for both tours; each is limited to 25 participants. |
|
| |
|
123 .
|
 |
Ottoman Saraya House and Governor`s Residence
Meeting place: 21 David Raziel St., Clock Square, Jaffa
Friday, May 7th; 10:00,
10:30
and 11:00
|
|
|
Governor`s Residence - original year of construction: 1860; Architect: Unknown; Another floor was added in 1897, parallel to the construction of the Saraya House, designed by the architect Baruch Pepermeister
Preservation and renovation architects: Eyal Ziv and Vedat Aykac (Turkey), 2009
A rare opportunity to visit this historic, Neoclassical structure which, when constructed at the end of the 19th century, was considered a pioneering endeavor that encouraged others to engage in private enterprise outside the old city walls. The building initially served as an Ottoman government complex and in 1917 was transferred to the British. In 1946 it was handed over to the Supreme Arab Committee, only to be blown up by members of the Lehi underground in January 1948. In 1997, after 50 years of neglect, the Tel-Aviv-Yafo Municipality undertook its exterior restoration and renovation. The interior renovation was carried out by the Turkish government which regained ownership of the building and intends to open a cultural center there.
Reservations are required for all 3 tours; each is limited to 30 participants. |
|
| |
|
124 .
|
 |
The Politis Family Residence
3 Mazal Gdi St., Old Jaffa
Saturday, May 8th, 9:30-13:30
|
|
|
Original architect: unknown; Year of construction 1860`s: renovated in 2008-2009 by the owners
An ancient stone house characteristic of Old Jaffa that grew over the years and eventually became a three-story home. Each story opens up onto a wide veranda, and above all three stories there is a roof with a sea view. The house was painstakingly renovated by the Politis family, with considerable attention paid to the building`s history and its original building materials. And when you look out through its windows, Old Jaffa is revealed in all its splendor.
Open house. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
125 .
|
 |
Ancient Jaffa Renewal
Meeting place: at the entrance to Old Jaffa at Louis Pasteur St., next to the parking lot pay station
Saturday, May 8th, 11:00
Friday, May 7th, 11:00;
|
|
|
Architects: Mandel & Mandel – Architect Saadia Mandel and Architect Yariv Mandel
A tour of ancient Jaffa with Yariv Mandel, who is in charge of the Kedumim Square development plans. The tour will present the new projects being built near the Square and reveal the planning considerations underlying them. The tour lasts about an hour.
Reservations are required for both tours; each is limited to 20 participants. |
|
| |
|
126 .
|
 |
Old Jaffa Looks Ahead into the 21st Century
Meeting place: the St. Peter Church courtyard, Mifratz Shlomo Promenade, Old Jaffa
Friday, May 7th, 11:30
|
|
|
Eyal Meirovitz, director of the Old Jaffa Visitors Center, will discuss the accelerated development taking place in Old Jaffa in recent years. The tour will stop at projects impacting the city`s future and will address all the components of Old Jaffa`s vision for the 21st century: planning, preservation, tourism and an artists` complex.
Open tour. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
127 .
|
 |
Andromeda Hill: A Gated Neighborhood in Jaffa
Meeting place: the corner of Yefet St. and Louis Pasteur St., opposite the main entrance to the neighborhood
Saturday, May 8th, 11:00
|
|
|
Attorney Hisham Shabita, who represented the local residents who objected to closing off the neighborhood, will lead the tour at this upscale and gated complex. The tour will present the background behind establishing the neighborhood as well as the public campaign and trial that Jaffa residents waged against closing it off to the public.
Open tour. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
128 .
|
 |
Preservation and Renewal Project at the Jaffa Port
Meeting place: Jaffa Port (main gate, at the end of Yehuda Hayamit St.), Warehouse 2
Friday, May 7th, 9:00
|
|
|
Development architect: Eitan Eden; Warehouse renovation architect: Rami Gil, 2009
An opportunity to become familiar with one of the largest restoration and urban renewal projects undertaken in the city. Led by the architect, Rami Gil, and the Director of the Jaffa Port, Ran Wolf, the tour will include an explanation of the Jaffa Port development project as well as a tour of the area, entitled: "To Uncover, To Restore, To Preserve – the Renewed Jaffa Port."
The tour is limited to 100 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis. |
|
| |
|
129 .
|
 |
Wildlife at the Port
Meeting place: Ha`aliyah Hashniyah Platform St., at the northern entrance to the Port, next to the Sea Scouts club
Saturday, May 8th, 9:30 and 11:30
|
|
|
A tour of the Jaffa Port with Amir Balaban (from the Jerusalem Bird Observatory). One of the most ancient ports in the Mediterranean Basin which is home to different kinds of algae as well as a large variety of animals: fish, seabirds, as well as fruit bats, insects, common swifts and barn swallows. The tour will track the numerous animals that live at the Port and uncover its singular food web, which relies on the sea rock formation that the harbor and breakwaters were built on in addition to vegetation that is intertwined with the sandstones that were used to construct the ancient port structures.
A tour suitable for the whole family.
Both tours are open. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
130 .
|
 |
Rosenthalis Residence
8 Hanamal St., Jaffa (opposite the southeastern corner of Warehouse 2 at the Jaffa Port)
Friday, May 7th, 10:00-15:00
and Saturday, May 8th, 10:00-18:00
|
|
|
An open house in a structure built in 1892, serving as the studio of the painter Moshe Rosenthalis from 1964 until his death in 2008 and housing a permanent collection of his works. A typical Jaffa building from the Ottoman period, with arched ceilings, large spaces and decorative windows, originally built as a residence for the servants working for the Turkish governor. The view seen from the studio inspired Rosenthalis`s work and has been immortalized in many of his paintings.
Open house. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
131 .
|
 |
The St-Art House
8 Hatzedef St., Jaffa
Friday, May 7th, 10:00-14:00; Saturday, May 8th, 11:00-14:00
|
|
|
Architect: unknown, 1840
A four-story house located in a 150-year-old Ottoman structure, originally designed as a grand Jaffa residence. Serge Tiroche, founder of the "Incubator for Young Israeli Artists" project, grew up in the house, which currently serves as an exhibition space for temporary displays of the Incubator`s artists, with each room highlighting a different artist against its distinct setting.
Open house. Reservations not required.
|
|
| |
|
132 .
|
 |
The Designer Aviv Kopler`s Loft
8 Hatzedef St., Jaffa (in the alleyway with the steps)
Saturday, May 8th, 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00
|
|
|
Interior design: Aviv Kopler; the structure`s original year of construction: 1900
A loft dating back to the beginning of the last century with Jaffa arches made of gravel and 6 meters in height, which formerly served as a horse stable, carpentry shop and metalwork shop. It was recently converted into a residence and also functions as a work space for the designer and owner.
Open house. Reservations not required.
|
|
| |
|
133 .
|
 |
The Artist Marlene Ferrer`s Residence
3 Batsheva Rothschild St. (formerly 3733 "Aleph" St.), Jaffa
Saturday, May 8th, 10:00-13:00 and 14:30-18:00
|
|
|
An open house on the ground floor of an impressive Jaffa building, with stained glass windows and 5½ meter ceilings. The artists Marlene Ferrer and Maya Ferrer live in the house which is full of their works.
Open house. Reservations not required.
|
|
| |
|
134 .
|
 |
The Dajani Hospital (Zahalon Geriatric Center)
100 Yerushalayim Blvd. and the corner of Dr. Ehrlich St., Jaffa
Friday, May 7th, 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00
|
|
|
Architect: Yitzhak Rappaport; Year of Construction: 1933
A unique opportunity to hear the fascinating story behind the Zahalon complex in Jaffa, including the maternity hospital built in 1933 by Dr. Fouad Ismail Dajani amidst orange groves found outside the old city walls. The villa served as his family`s private residence, and surrounding it there was an expansive garden with an avenue of towering ficus trees, marble benches and fountains – most of which are still fully intact. The hospital also provided medical services to British officers during the Mandate Period, and its courtyard still serves as Dr. Dajani`s final resting place, who died in 1940. The tours will be led by Lior Oz, Oded Narkiss and Eitan Mann, students at Tel Aviv University`s School of Architecture, who researched the complex as part of an initiative of the School`s Preservation Studio, under the supervision of the architects Amnon Bar Or and Sergio Lerman. Each tour lasts about an hour.
3 open tours. Reservations not required.
For the Yerushalayim Blvd. exhibition website and documentation about the complex: www.firstboulevard.com |
|
| |
|
135 .
|
 |
"Open Air Classroom"
28 Dr. Ehrlich St. and the corner of Pestalozzi Lane, Jaffa (the community park at the Weizmann Jewish-Arab School)
Friday, May 7th, 12:00-15:00
|
|
|
Students from the Avni Institute`s Community Architecture Studio and pupils from the Weizmann School will present blueprints and models of a project they jointly planned. The project includes an open air classroom and a sustainable playground within a community park – all made out of waste materials and recycled materials. Apart from explanations about the project, the meeting in the community park will also feature a community happening.
Open meeting. Reservations not required.
|
|
| |
|
136 .
|
 |
Mosaic House
Meeting place: the corner of 20 Yehuda Hayamit St. and Nahum Dror St., Jaffa
Friday, May 7th, 12:00
and 13:00;
; Saturday, May 8th, 12:00
and 13:00
|
|
|
The home of Yossi and Yaffa Lugassi, it has become an institution thanks to the mosaic works created by Yossi that decorate the apartment`s floor, walls and ceiling. They include images of the country`s greatest leaders, Israeli song stars, politicians and international public figures.
All four tours require reservations; each group is limited to 25 participants. |
|
| |
|
137 .
|
 |
A Design Mill
29 Haim Ben Atar St., Florentine
Friday, May 7th, 11:00-18:00
saturday, 8.5, 17:00-11:00.
|
|
|
Interior design: Daniel Rosenthal, Yossi Karni and Shlomi Lifschitz, 2000-2007
A rare opportunity to uncover what`s concealed inside the old flour mill located in the southern part of the city, and see how the Design Mill`s designers have turned the unique space into a design amusement park comprised of three surprising and exciting floors used by the studio, which specializes in the design and installation of musical exhibits as well as industrial design.
Open tours. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
138 .
|
 |
The Roof on 20 Alfassi Street
20 Alfassi St. (the fourth floor on the roof)
Friday, May 7th, 9:00-18:00; Saturday, May 8th, 9:00-18:00
|
|
Come and see this roof made of recycled raw materials, constructed by Yaakov Sasson using a building style that is personal and replete with humor. A special view of the southern part of the city can be seen from the roof, in addition to a recycled work of art which Sasson erected on the adjacent roofs.
www.yaakovsasson.com
Open house. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
139 .
|
 |
45 Kibbutz Galuyot Street
45 Kibbutz Galuyot St., Florentine
Friday, May 7th, 11:00-16:00; Saturday, May 8th, 11:00-16:00
|
|
|
Architect: unknown, built in the 1970s
An industrial facility from the 1970s which in the past primarily housed diamond polishing workshops. The industrial workshops are slowly leaving the building and the huge halls are now occupied by artists` studios. A chance to look inside the building`s spaces and see how each artist has designed his own space according to his needs and personality.
Open studios. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
140 .
|
 |
Haggai Yuden`s Music Studio
27 Schocken St. (corner of Kibbutz Galuyot St.), 11th floor, Loft 8
Friday, May 7th, 11:00-19:00; Saturday, May 8th, 11:00-19:00
|
|
|
A chance to get a glimpse of a colorful and daring self-designed loft, in the middle of which stands a 150-year-old white piano. A breathtaking urban landscape is revealed when looking out through the windows.
Open house. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
141 .
|
 |
The Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College
2 Rabbenu Yerucham St., Jaffa; Meeting place: the Pomento Behavioral Sciences Building on campus
Friday, May 7th, 11:00-13:00
|
|
|
Architects: Kolker-Kolker-Epstein, 2004 and 2007
An opportunity to become acquainted with the Weston Building, the first building in Israel which was designed and constructed using a computerized system that was managed from the architects` office in Jerusalem, and with the Pomento Building, which is located on campus and was also designed by the same firm.
Open tour. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
142 .
|
 |
Peres Peace House
132 Kedem St., next to the beach, Jaffa
Friday, May 7th, 11:00-17:00;
Saturday, May 8th, 12:00-17:00.
|
|
|
Architects: Massimilliano Fuksas (Italy), Yoav Messer Architects (Israel), 2009.
One of the most interesting buildings constructed in recent years, which already houses the Peres Center for Peace, opens its doors this year for Houses From Within tours. A chance to gain an impression of the unusual architectural structure and hear an explanation about its construction process by the architect Yoav Messer and members of his staff.
Guided tours for groups of 50 will start every 75 minutes.
Open tours on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
143 .
|
 |
The Chef Erez Stern`s Studio
Panorama House, 84 Derech Ben Zvi, Unit 632, Eastern Wing, 6th floor
Friday, May 7th. 10:00-14:00; Saturday, May 8th, 10:00-14:00
|
|
|
Interior design: Ron Bleiberg, 2009
An open house at the Chef Erez Stern`s loft, who also uses it when hosting private dinner parties. The studio was built on the roof of the Panorama House together with 30 other similar units, all within a huge space that had been abandoned for more than a decade.
Open house. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
144 .
|
 |
Kfir Neighborhood
Meeting place: the corner of Rabbi Elnekave St. and Bar Lev Road (formerly Lod Road)
Friday, May 7th, 11:30
|
|
|
The architect Yaakov Yaar, Israel Prize recipient, will lead a walking tour of the neighborhood that he planned, and for which he won the Prize in 1980. The neighborhood, whose planning sought to challenge the traditional urban tenement, was built according to a repetitive pattern of 5 tenements – each comprised of ten 4-story buildings and one tall 8-story building – which curve around and create five inner gardens. During the tour Yaar will also talk about the hierarchy created by the network of streets: a main commercial thoroughfare, a side road, local service roads, and pedestrian boulevards, between which the public buildings have been interlaced. The tour lasts about 40 minutes.
Open tour. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
145 .
|
 |
Salame – Kfar Shalem Neighborhood
Meeting place: the corner of Menachem Madmon St. and Asa Kadmoni St., Kfar Shalem
|
|
|
The tour, led by the architect Ayala Ronel together with Efi Banai, a local resident, will uncover the neighborhood`s different, yet co-existing, layers of time: the synagogues and the mosque, the public housing projects as opposed to residences built by private contractors, planned as opposed to spontaneous construction, the banana fences and the "holy tree."
Open tour. Reservations not required. |
|
| |
|
146 .
|
 |
Along the Beach
Meeting place: the Jaffa Slope parking lot, at the entrance to the park
Friday, May 7th, 15:00
|
|
|
A bike tour with the architect Uriel-Natan Babchick, assistant Municipal Architect. The tour will follow the route of the city`s recently completed coastline promenade, which now extends from southern Jaffa to Tel Baruch. It will present the strategic plan that unveiled the residents` desire to link the city with the beach and create an uninterrupted promenade. It will also pass by a number of new municipal projects such as the Jaffa Slope, the Jaffa Port, the Gordon Swimming Pool, et al.
Reservations are required; the tour is limited to 30 participants. |
|
| |
|
147 .
|
 |
Environmental Repair
The "Totzeret Hiriya" Environmental Education Center, located between the Ganot and Mesubin interchanges
Friday, May 7th, for the hours look in the text
|
|
|
The Dan Regional Association for Environmental Infrastructures will open its doors and host six tours in the Dan Region`s backyard – namely the Hiriya Landfill – which has become an international model for how to treat different kinds of waste using cutting-edge technologies. Hiriya also serves as a model for environmental repair, rehabilitation and planning. All the tours will include a visit at the Environmental Education Center and a bus tour of different sites in the complex: the waste transfer station, the recycling industries park, and the garbage mount. The tours will be led by the Center`s key staff members who have been instrumental in its planning and management. Each tour lasts about two hours.
Reservations are required for all tours; each is limited to 50 participants.
- When Vision Meets Technology: Doron Sapir, chairman of the Dan Regional Association for Environmental Infrastructures and Deputy Mayor of Tel-Aviv-Yafo, will describe the planning processes underlying the innovative treatment of our waste as well as the technological and conceptual challenges faced by this monumental project. Friday, May 7th, 9:00.
- Architectural Preservation Planning: The architect Gil Vadia, who is entrusted with designing the Center for Environmental Education building, will talk about the project`s architectural aspects, which turned an old compost factory into a leading environmental education center. Friday, May 7th, 9:00.
- From Vision to Implementation: This tour, led by Idit Alhasid who directs the Environmental Education Center, will focus on how the Center`s educational worldview was shaped and how it has been articulated in its planning, establishment and current operation, while implementing social and green principles at each and every stage. Friday, May 7th, 13:00.
- Hiriya – From Environmental Hazard to National Asset: The landscape architects Yael Moriah and David Sakali, together with the engineer Danny Sternberg, CEO of the Ariel Sharon Park Company Ltd., will present the landscape planning principles in place at the Ariel Sharon Park – the expansive park that currently extends across the old garbage mount. Friday, May 7th, 10:00.
- Recycling as a Design Concept: The artist Brigitte Cartier, who specializes in recycled materials and is responsible for the Center`s colorful and sustainable interior design, will illustrate her professional worldview and the secret charm that turns waste into furniture. Friday, May 7th, 12:00.
- Sustainable Design – The designer Yair Engel, who represents EPEA - Cradle to Cradle in Israel, will present the innovative `cradle to cradle` principle which has been adopted by many companies around the world in anticipation of the next industrial revolution in which "Waste = Food". Friday, May 7th, 12:00.
|
|
| |
|
148 .
|
 |
Mikve Israel Agricultural School
Meeting place: under the shade of the Bengali ficus tree, north of the synagogue
Friday, May 7th, 11:00
|
|
|
A tour led by Aviva Schwartz at one of the most special green oases found in the Dan District. A nature reserve comprised of green fields, citrus groves and gardens that encompass historic sites and buildings from the 19th century. The tour will pass through the palm tree avenue, the Bengalian ficus, the synagogue and the underground halls carved in the rock – testifying to Mikve Israel`s ancient winery. The tour lasts about two hours.
Reservations are required. |
|
| |
|
149 .
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Tour Details |
|
| |
|
|