Do not leave the house: when an entire city gathers inside one building

The overcrowding in the most sought-after cities in the world pushes for high-rise construction, creating towers that are an entire city that has everything - housing, work, education and leisure.

A glimpse into life when a school is on the first floor, the office is next to the elevator and the pub, the gym and the deli - all in the same tower

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24/02/2022

Thursday, 24 February 2022, 09:11 Updated: 09:12

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"Once you rise in height, you can live in one tower, work in the neighboring tower and cross it using a sky bridge that connects the two towers. It allows us to save the most precious thing we have in life and it is our time resource."

Planning in the spirit of the times with a limited land resource and uncertainty about its agenda or about the functionality of areas over time, are the most influential motifs today in the design of towers and complexes in city centers around the world and in Israel

. Planning in the past has sanctified the concept of suburbanization, but it has been shown to be destructive and constrain residents to their private vehicles while limiting their functioning. , He says, "Once you rise in height, you can live in one tower, work in the neighboring tower and cross it through a sky bridge that connects the two towers.

It allows us to save the most precious thing we have in life and it is our time resource. ”

Shenhav presents three notable projects in leading cities in the world, which best illustrate the trend.

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Hudson yards 55 in New York

crazy.

Hudson yards 55 (Photo: PR)

$ 25 billion in a Manhattan project

Prices for apartments in the towers started at $ 4.3 million for a 3-room apartment and up to $ 32 million for a penthouse

This is a huge project set up with an investment of $ 25 billion, by the companies Related and Oxford Properties.

The project, located in the western part of Manhattan at the foot of the Hudson River, includes glass towers that rise to the sky and have 88 and 92 floors.

In their area there are both offices and residences.

For the residents of the offices as well as for the tenants, many services have been planned that will be available to them throughout the day - schools, a fitness and health spa complex, work spaces and businesses in the residential area and more.

The outdoor areas include parks that cover 14 dunams.

Also, restaurants and accommodation spaces, a hotel, a huge office complex and a complex of about 100 shops, galleries and public buildings.

Well-known companies that have already relocated near the river include HBO, CNN, Blackrock and L'Oreal USA.

Prices for apartments in the towers started at $ 4.3 million for a 3-room apartment and up to $ 32 million for a penthouse.

THE DIAMOND - London

Overlooking London.

The diamond (Photo: Unsplash)

The diamond in the heart

The 263-meter London Skyscraper (the third tallest in the city), located in the business center of London.

At the base of the diamond-shaped building will be built a commercial center topped by office space and a total of 102,000 square meters of employment that will house more than 6,000 workers and the top two floors will offer a breathtaking view of London combined with galleries and restaurants.

The tower was built on an area of ​​5 dunams when the project began in 2015 and construction was completed in January 2020. The tower has 568 apartments including 272 one-room apartments, 204 two-room apartments and 22 three-room apartments.

The new tower is part of a concurrent employment area that includes over an additional 900,000 square meters of office space, employment and commerce, public buildings and education.

THE SPINE - Melbourne Australia

The highest in the country.

Green Spain (Photo: Beulah International)

Cinema and visitor center

At the foot of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens was built the tallest skyscraper in the country, the "Green Spine" (Green Spine).

These are two buildings, the tallest of which will rise to 356 meters and will be a 101-story residential tower and the second tower, which will rise to a height of 252 meters, will be the office tower, with special reference and language between them.

The central element integrated along the spine of the skyscraper is the green character that every corner of the building gets, whether it is the office balconies or the residential apartments that pass between the various complexes and public areas.

The investment in the project is estimated at $ 1.5 billion.

The complex connecting the two towers will have a large area and will include a school and kindergartens, a library, a cinema hall and an auditorium as well as a visitor center of the BMW luxury car company, as well as a spacious green park.

And what is happening in Israel?

See Ramat Gan from above.

Exhchange Ramat Gan (Photo: 3Division)

From a chocolate factory to a city in the sky

EXCHANGE RAMAT GAN, one of the tallest towers in Israel, was built on the site of the former mythological chocolate factory of the Elite Company at the intersection where Jabotinsky, Arlozorov and Abba Hillel Silver streets meet.

The project will include two towers with a rich mix of uses - a residential tower and an office tower, including leisure and fitness commercial areas.

The residential tower, which is being built by the Azorim company, rises to a height of 55 floors and will include 355 apartments with 3 and 4 rooms, as well as mini-penthouses and penthouses.

Tenants will enjoy, a lounge, an infinity pool, work spaces for business activities and more.

All apartments will be equipped with exceptional specifications.

The prices of the apartments in the EXCHANGE RAMAT GAN project today are around NIS 52,000-50,000 per square meter, with most of the apartments already sold.

The second tower in the project is being built by Migdal Insurance Company and will include about 3,000 square meters of commercial space and another 60,000 square meters of office space on 48 floors.

Due to their special shape, the towers will be an urban landmark in the landscape of Gush Dan, will rise to a height of about 210 meters and will stand out in the skyline of Ramat Gan.

Even before the project is populated in about four years, the light rail, the red line, is expected to start operating at its foot.

The line leads from Petah Tikva towards the center of Tel Aviv to Rishon Lezion, as well as the heavy rail station - Savidor station is also close to the project.

Full functional utilization.

Architect Gil Shenhav (Photo: Guy Gilad)

No more residential tower

Gil Gurevich, VP of marketing for the Azorim company that is setting up the project, notes: "The significant development of urban employment centers around the world such as Hong Kong, Manhattan or London has led to a variety of uses within these employment areas besides the classic uses of employment and commerce.

" Shenhav, even gives an example of an extraordinary and innovative project planned in his office, "In Givatayim, we led an innovative and preliminary planning in Israel that takes the issue of mixed use one step further.

The Tidhar Group's urban renewal project, which will include a residential tower next to an office tower, which will rise to a height of 30 floors, above a 9-story textured structure, will incorporate a school within the built-up area, with the mezzanine roof serving as the school yard.

This is the evolution required by the mix of uses.

"No longer is a residential tower connected to an office tower with a commercial facade, but a full functional utilization of independent functional layers in accordance with the needs of the street, the neighborhood and the city."

Yinon Sabag, Vice President of Ambassador, which advises and markets leading real estate companies: "We identify demand for small apartments, especially in towers located in business complexes or close to employment complexes that include mixed uses. "Who live far from the city and even abroad, with the intention of turning the apartments into hotels and sometimes for the use of several workers."

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