Anat Gay Architects joins two homes into Spiral Suite House in Tel Aviv
Israeli architect Anat Gay has combined two properties in Tel Aviv to create her family residence, but kept both entrances for two generations to use separately.
Fronting a street in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighbourhood, Spiral Suite House comprises two adjacent but previously divided homes that local firm Anat Gay Architects joined together.
The project was originally designed as two suites, but Gay and her husband decided to move in once it completed. It now accommodates different generations of the family.
"When construction was finished we decided to move into it," she told Dezeen. "The kids live independently, in addition to being next to us. It's like a village inside the city."
The studio left the original floor plans largely the same, while connections between the buildings were made via outdoor spaces dotted across the site. "While digging underground, we found layers on top of layers of tiles, walls that were built from wood and mud, in addition to kurkar (sandstone) walls that we rehabilitated," Gay said.
The white concrete house is virtually closed off on its front facade, concealing its intimate garden and private spaces behind. The studio planted olive, fig, clementine, and lemon trees, along with herbs, ivy and climbing roses on the site.
Entrances to the two buildings were both retained, and feature charred wood doors that match window shutters.
Through one of the front doors ? used by the architects' grown children ? is ...
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