Point Supreme's "Serpantina" from Urban Shade competition to be built in Habanim Garden, Israel

The Urban Shade competition invited architects and designers worldwide to propose outdoor public space designs for five sites across the city of Holon in Israel. Organized by the Design Museum Holon and the Municipality of Holon, the competition was created in an effort to rethink the significance and role of shading in hot-climate regions like Israel. Proposals were judged on industrial, social, and urban feasibility.

For the Habanim Garden site, Athens-based practice Point Supreme Architects won first place with their proposal, "Serpantina". The winning designs of each site will be constructed and open to the public. Point Supreme expects Serpantina to be open by next June.

Check out Point Supreme's proposal below.

"The aim of the Urban Shade competition, following a year-long research project on this topic, is to conceptualize, plan, and build prototypes of duplicable shading elements for an   outdoor public space."

"Serpantina is a simple linear element made up of modules of standard metal profiles and sun shading fabrics widely available in the market that can be both easily reproduced, adapted to different locations, transported and assembled on site."

"Although extremely affordable, its monumental dimensions and graphic character make it automatically recognizable, optimistic and iconic, therefore maximizing its urban effect."

"A dense sequence of events take place in the linear shaded space in correspondence with the neighborhood needs. The long, narrow space promotes cross programming and is in its entirety ideal for social programs."

"The strategy of the line heightens the contrast between the complexity of the city, and the precision of the canopy. The first case study is 60m long by 5m wide and hosts a sequence of public seating, a tribune, a kiosk, a barbeque and a playground."

Project details:

status: competition 1st prize
area: 300 m2
location: Tel Aviv, Israel
structural engineer: Athanassios Kontizas
local architect: Robert Ungar
collaborator: Reineke Otten
client: Beracha Foundation and Design Museum Holon
expected completion: June 2015