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Encounters- The Supreme Court |
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ENCOUNTERS: Israeli Architecture | |
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| Jerusalem, 1992
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| Architects: Ram Karmi, Ada Karmi-Melamed
(Bridge Arcitects - Ram Karmi, Ada Karmi-Melamed, Stav Architects.
Consulting Engineers - Yaron-Shimoni-Shacham) |
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| The Supreme Court - a fortress for the common man who stands opposite the ruling authority - constitutes the democracy. Thus model symbol of Israeli the edifice functions as a microcosm of the state and its capital. Beyond the visual paraphrasing of local motifs, the siting of the building at the peak of the government compound and its relationship to the immediate and extended surroundings constitutes a central factor of its design. The four components of the building - the library, the judges' chambers, the law courts and the parking area, create four wings dissected by two main axes: one towards the Knesset (Parliament) and the other towards the city. Parallel to this, two systems of accessibility - one for the workers and the other for the general public - receive an emphasized expression.
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| Importance is given to the architectural layering, through which the building is gradually revealed, as one approaches and enters within. The atmosphere of appropriateness to place and the symbolic meaning of the building are expressed within all the spaces. The architectural formation draws its presence from the physical, cultural, and functional context, ever awaiting elaborate interpretations of the complex concepts. | |
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