אדריכלות ישראלית - גיליון 122

2020 אוגוסט 122 אדריכלות ישראלית אדריכלים מציירים 81 | | Ami Shinar – Shared House The fact that Tel Aviv is a patchwork city in no way detracts from the fact that it is Israel's most "urban” city. The majority of its buildings are not an architectural act in the accepted sense of the word; it has no monuments or prestigious buildings, yet its "ordinary” streets and buildings generate the magic of city life. It is the arena in which the Israeli scene is lived to the full – by residents who work, create and dream alongside visitors from other cities and abroad. Tel Aviv has grown like a wild flower over a hundred years. Its various textures, encounters and interwoven seams fascinate architect Ami Shinar, who paints them from a pedestrian’s perspective, - sometimes from above the neglected roofs with their solar water heaters and old antennae, sometimes with the critical eye of a town planner, but most of the time like someone who has lived there since childhood in the old North-West quarter, beautifully designed by Patrick Geddes, who spent few weeks here at the age of 71, almost a hundred years ago. This page: Haifa Port Master Plan. Architects: Amir Mann- Ami Shinar Architects. Right page: Tel Aviv with 3 towers 2020 Ami Shinar In some of his paintings, Shinar outlines a peaceful, urban landscape – a seemingly harmonious, composition of volumes his eye has captured at particular moments: surfaces and lines flooded with a strong natural light, instantly changing like a real Mediterranean city. Apprehensively, he sees how the unique texture is dwarfed by the cranes and towers sprouting everywhere. Large, dark masses towering over organic city buildings – sometimes enriching the imagination, sometimes crushing it; occasionally taking off, flying… then disappointingly crashing. The paintings of Ami Shinar who, together with his partner, Amir Mann, has designed more than a few cities and neighborhoods, do not only mean to describe the beauty of his beloved city, but also, and in particular, to turn on warning lights. One of his paintings describes the large demonstration in Rabin Square during the first Corona days. The impressive sight of thousands standing at measured intervals against the urban walls, express in his mind the concept of a "shared house". Will the house survive the test of time?