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96 b . The orange paint of the building's façade, which at first was expected to disturb the tranquility of the square, was actually the element that complemented the blue color of the sky and the green color of the trees, to create a harmony that inspired peace and serenity in the square . c . The cornices that jut out of the façade, belong morphologically both to the building and to the space next to it, and hence are the elements that unite them together . d . At the front, where the building touches the square, an entrance porch was designed as a stage for the orchestra to play to the audience sitting in the square, thus creating a physical and human connection between the building and the square . e . The dialogue between the building and the square continues through the high windows behind which all the indoor "public" areas are located, as well as from the roof terrace overlooking the square . My commission was to design a new building incorporating in the new plans a small segment of the façade of the old demolished one . My conception was that similarly to removing one part of the human body, once you demolish a building and reconstruct just one isolated architectural element of it, it would become a meaningless fragment, for it would no longer be an organic part of the whole, and as such would not serve the initial purpose of preserving the old . Thus, what I tried to do, was to treat the reconstructed part as any other environmental element ) trees, surrounding buildings ( that needed to be naturally integrated with the newly designed building to form one coherent functional - visual whole . f . The crown on top of the building provides a gradual link to the sky . A good boundary is an entity that both separates and connects two entities at the same time . The role of the crown is to provide a graduated link between the top of the building to the sky . The powerful presence of the building in the square emanates from it being an integral part of it, and not from the efforts to distinguish it from its environment . The façade of the building defin es the boundaries of the square, and therefore determines the feeling it inspires . This intimate and organic integration created between the "Music Center and Library" building and the square, to the point where people tend to mistakenly ( think that the building has stood there ) forever was the result of several basic reasons : a . The dimensions of the building are in harmony with the human scale of the square . f Watercolor, simulation of the Music Center and Library on Bialik Square . The front façade facing the square ) the reconstructed part that was integrated in the design of the new building is highlighted in grey ( . The empty lot on which the Music Center and Library was built . ) befor construction, . ( 1994
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פורטוגלי, נילי
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