shelter_expanse
architecture, landscape, planning _ based on mappings of relationships between people and lands.
shelter_expanse
building systems and open spaces, cities and regions _
based on mappings of relationships between people and lands.
view from the studio
"He brought me out into the expanse. He rescued me for he delighted in me." (Psalms 18:19)
shelter_expanse is a research and design studio based in tel aviv-jaffa, founded by Matanya Sack and Uri Reicher in 2012.
We specialise in integrative building systems and open spaces, cities and regions, based on research and mappings of the relationships between people and lands - structures and ecosystems, politics and myths.
Architects, landscape architects and planners work together on every project, combined with technical expertise by parametric modelling, gis, ecology and agronomy, together with theoretical, historical and applied research. Our work ranges from lightweight structures to spatial visions, from public spaces to fields, from gardens to nature reserves.
Clients include some of Israel's largest municipalities (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Be'er Sheva and Haifa), goverment agencies (Israel Land Authority), and developers. Our work has been published in media such as The Architectural Review, WIRED, Domus, and Haaretz.
Matanya is also an assistant professor at the faculty of architecture and town planning in the Technion, Haifa, where she founded and leads LandBasics programme. the territorial landscape design studio deals with fundamental issues in the Israeli landscape space through research-based design.
We wish to bring together structural, sustainable, performative design methodologies,
with an approach that is always ecological, political, mythical.
the team
Matanya Sack is an architect and landscape architect. She holds a degree in architecture from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (B.Arch, 2005), and a Masters degree in Advanced Studies in landscape from the ETH, Zurich (MAS LA, 2008), where she graduated with the highest distinction. Her Thesis project from ETH won the ASLA Award of Excellence (first prize,2009).
Matanya is also an Assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning in the Technion, Haifa, where she founded and leads studio LandBasics. The studio deals with fundamental issues in the israeli landscape space through research-based design.
Between 2005 - 2007, she worked as an architect at Naama Malis Architecture and Urban Design on large scale public and residential projects. In 2008, as a landscape architect at Vogt Landschaftarchitekten, Zurich, she worked on the renovation of historic urban public squares and mixed-used developments.
Uri Reicher is an architect. He holds a degree in architecture from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (B.Arch, 2005), where he graduated with Honours in History and Theory.
Uri has worked for six years with Foster + Partners, in which he was responsible for designs such as the ecological cladding for Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona; a multi-purpose concert hall for Maestro Valery Gergiev, and a hotel in Mayfair.
As an Associate, Uri was leading a team of 15 architects on projects such as the renovation of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, combining gallery design, concert hall, historic building retrofitting, and landscape design; and a luxury mixed-use development in Shanghai, including a hotel for BVLGARI.
the current team
Ziv Avivi
Lila Bobrovich
Mia Candelaria
Lia Cohen
Gagu Eshet
Tao Klitzner
Eliane Sack
Yael Valinsky
selected works
public buildings and open spaces
Headquarters for Hiriya Recycling Park
650 m2 _ 2018-2020_ Client: Dan Region Association of Towns, Hiriya Recycling Park
forest memorial
Gvar'am memorial _ competition proposal _ 2018 _ with nahum tevet
Shelters, on a hill
Earth buildings in an orchard, Mitzpe Ramon City Hall _ competition, third place _ 2200 m2 _ 2016 _ Client: Mitzpe Ramon Municipality _ with WAWA-Green Buildings Consultants
out into - sway
A light-weight structure _ Sydney, Australia _ 200m2 _ 2013-2015 _ Client: SCAF – Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation _ With Liat Muller and Eyal Zur.
A Station in the Mountains
Proposal for a Tourist Centre in the Jerusalem Mountains _ 12 dunams _ 2014-2016 _ Client: Mesilat Zion
common water, edge of desert
Initiative and design proposal of the first regional swimming centre for the Negev Bedouin community _ Rahat _ 40 dunams _ 2013-2014 _ client: Rahat municipality.
A Station on a Promenade
Paz Gan Station and Cafe, Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ Invited Competition proposal _ 200m2 _ 2014 _ Client: Paz Oil Company
Covered Bridge
Salford, England _ competition proposal _ 2013 _ Client: Salford City Council
A Bridge in an Orchard
Israeli Pavilion for EXPO Milan 2015 _ competition, second place _ 2000m2 _ 2013 _ client: Ministry of External Affairs _ with Liat Muller.
Two shelters, by a lake
Academic pavilions _ competition proposal _ 2012
A Court and an Hall, on a Hill
National Library of Israel _ Jerusalem _ Competition proposal _ 2012
A Court and an Hall, by a River - YORKREATIVE
Restoration and buildings in York Guildhall and Boatyard _ international RIBA competition finalist _ 2012 _ with SEC JV.
A Public Cover, by the Lake
Visitors Centre, Hula Lake Park _ competition, second stage _ 2010 _ Client: Jewish National Fund _ With Rebecca Sternberg – MEGAMA
Two Stations, by a Road
Studies for highway service areas _ Highway 6 _ 10 dunams _ 2009-2010 _ Client: Private
residential and workplaces
Karlibach 14 Clinic
Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ 2017 _ Client: Private
rooms
UNESCO Heritage Building Extension _ Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ 200sqm _ 2009-2010 _ Client: Private
urban public spaces
sand square and buildings, on a plain
Design museum Holon and mediatech square _ winning competition proposal _ 2018-ongoing _ client: Holon municipality.
maquis square, on a mountain
Public open spaces for the Jerusalem Performing Arts Campus (Sam Spiegel and Nissan Nativ)
Jerusalem _ 3000 m2 _ 2014-Ongoing _ Client: Jerusalem Municipality _ Architecture: Efrat-Kowalsky Architects
central square, park neighborhood
Quarter Plaza _ Be’er Sheva _ 8600m2 _ 2016-Ongoing – analysis and conceptual stage
Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
entrance square, park neighborhood
Quarter Plaza _ Be’er Sheva _ 8600m2 _ 2016-Ongoing – analysis and conceptual stage
Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
Lod City Hall Square Renovation
Lod City Center _ 4000 m2 _ 2017 _ Client: Calcalit Lod
grove square
Ha’etrog Market _ Tel Aviv _ 3000m2_ 2016-Ongoing – permits pending _ Client: Fogller Holdings LTD _ Architecture: Pivko Architects
streets and promenades
Green Streets, on a Plain, Edge of the Desert
Be’er Sheva _ 230 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
Green Streets, on the Hills, Edge of the Desert
Be’er Sheva _ 510 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
two avenues, park neighborhood
Be’er Sheva _ 12 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
Wadi Promenade
Be’er Sheva _ 40 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
green blue path
green infrastructure promenade, street section _ Bat Yam _ 250m2_ 2009-2010 _ Client: Bat Yam Municipality
a path, between two ridges
CERN Campus – Entrance Square and Route de Meyrin _ Meyrin, Geneva _ International competition, second stage _ 2011 _ Client: CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Coastal Promenade and Ecological Fountain
Hadassah Neurim Youth Village _ 500 meters length _ 2013 _ Client: Hadassah Neurim Youth Village
parks and gardens
Ravine Park, park neighborhood
Be’er Sheva _ 28 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
Agricultural Maquis Park, park neighborhood
Be'er Sheva _ 92 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
linear grove park, park neighborhood
be'er sheva _ 80 dunams _ 2016-ongoing _ client : be'er sheva municipality
north be'er sheva park - wadi, orchards, hill
Be'er Sheva _ 900 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
water garden
Mitzpe Ramon _ 1500 m2 _ 2017-Ongoing _ Client: Mitzpe Ramon Municipality, JNF USA
florentine square garden
Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ 3 dunams _ 2017-Ongoing _ Client: Trigo, Cityel
twelve neighborhood gardens, park neighborhood :
four ring gardens
plain _ hill
rooms _ paths
walls _ circles / soil
orchard _ net house
Be’er Sheva _ 2-12 dunams each _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
Urban Gardens Network
Be’er Sheva _ 220 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Be’er Sheva Municipality
Coastal Park
Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ competition proposal _ 2016 _ client: Tel Aviv-Jaffa municipality _ with Maya Zohar
Desert Ecological Park for an Elephant Shelter
Kibbutz Nahal Oz _ 140 dunams _ 2012 _ Client: Kibbutz Nahal Oz
Episodes Landscape
Valdebebas Park _ Madrid, Spain _ competition proposal _ 2009 _ Client: Madrid municipality.
The Mound in the Plain
Reclamation of Hiriya Landfill _ international competition - Honours Prize _ 8000 dunams _ 2004 _ client: Bracha Foundation _ with Megama.
landscape restoration
The Mill on the Mountain
Restoration of Malkiya Mill _ Kibbutz Malkiya _ 4.6 dunams _ 2015-Ongoing _ Client: Kibbutz Malkiya, Galil Elion Regional Council, The Quarries Rehabilitation Fund.
Wadi Floods
Restoration of Kovshim Stream _ Be’er Sheva _ 370 dunams _ 2016-ongoing _ client: Shikma Besor Drainage Authority.
Restoration of Beqa Stream
Be’er Sheva _ 80 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Shikma Besor Drainage Authority
regional urbanism, urban renewal, vision and policies
Masterplan for Bedouin Agriculture
Arara Banegev _ 1850 dunams _ 2017-Ongoing _ Client: Arara Banegev Municipality
East Rehovot Neighborhood
Rehovot _ competition proposal _ 2018 _ with Ari Cohen Architects
Tel Aviv’s Old Central Bus Station planning analysis
Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ 35 dunams _ 2016 _ Client: Shikun & Binui, Levinstein
A Ring, Between River and Sea
Urban renewal of Yarkoni Peninsula _ Tel Aviv-Jaffa _ Invited competition _ 2014 _ Client: Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality _ with Senan Abdelkadr and Efrat-Kowalsky Architects
A Village by the Sea
Vision and Master-plan for a National Technological Education Centre _ Hadassah Neurim Youth Village _ 420 dunams _ 2012-2014 _ Client: Hadassah Neurim Youth Village
Hill Quarter
The Governmental and Cultural Quarter _ Jerusalem _ Competition - Honors Prize _ 2010 _ Client: Jerusalem Municipality
landscape urbanism and renewal
Haifa Bay
4000 ha (100,000 residential units, 750ha open spaces) _ 2018 _ client: Haifa municipality, Israel Land Authority (ILA) _ architects: Yaar-Korin.
Nehariya 2040
Nehariya _ 1000 dunams _ 2018-Ongoing _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Nehariya Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin.
Haifa bay -area 2
Haifa _ 1000 dunams _ 2019-Ongoing _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Haifa Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin.
Haifa bay - Havat HaMechalim, Kiryat Haim Stadium
Haifa _ 770 dunams _ 2016-Ongoing _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Haifa Municipality _ Architects: Naama Malis Architects and Urban Planners
Kfar Saba, North
Kfar Saba _ 900 dunams _ 2014-Ongoing – advanced design stage _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Kfar Saba Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
Kfar Saba, East
Kfar Saba _ 2019-Ongoing – advanced design stage _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Kfar Saba Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
A Neighborhood on a Plain, Edge of Desert
Be’er Sheva River Park Neighborhood _ Be’er Sheva _ 1,100 dunams _ 2013-2016 _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Be’er Sheva Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
A Neighborhood by a Wadi, Edge of Desert
Be’er Sheva, North Neighborhood _ Be’er Sheva _ 3,500 dunams _ 2014-2017 _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Be’er Sheva Municipality _ Architects: Naama Malis Architects and Urban Planners
Kiryat Gat, West
Kiryat Gat _ 3,500 dunams _ 2014-2017 _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Kiryat Gat Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
Tur'an, North
Tur'an _ 370 dunams _ 2014-2017 _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Tur'an Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
Urban Restoration of the Jesse Cohen Neighborhood
Holon _ 2014 _ Client: Holon Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
Landscape Masterplan for Offices and Linear Park
Tiberias _ 2013-2016 _ Client: Tiberias Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
Ahuzat Barak Quarter
470 dunams _ 2015 _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA) _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
An Industry by a Valley
Urban restoration of the Egoz Quarter _ Tiberias _ 650 dunams _ 2013 _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Tiberias Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
reculture_review_rewild
Ramat Hasharon West Quarter and Metropolitan Park _ Ramat Hasharon _ 3,700 dunams _ 2012-Ongoing _ Client: Israel Land Authority (ILA), Ramat Hasharon Municipality _ Architects: Yaar-Korin
regional planning
Landscape for Bnei Shimon Regional Council
Bnei Shimon Regional Council _ 2019-ongoing _ Client : Bnei Shimon Regional Council, National Planning Administration _ with Lerman-Ben Shoshan
Viewing the Changes of the Land : Masterplan for Aeolionite Coastal Cliffs
Hadera, Emek Hefer, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Bat Yam _ 2016-2018 _ Client: The National Company for the Protection of the Coastal Cliffs
Regional analysis of future geo-political scenarios
2015-2016 _ Client: Various NGOs
Analysis and representation for TAMA 35 – National Outline Plan
Israel _ 2005-2006 _ Client: Ministry of Interior _ With: Rebecca Sternberg – MEGAMA
Interaction and more
A Musical Landscape
Linear orchestra of wireless robotic darbuka drums _ Bat Yam _ 2010 _ Client: Bat Yam Municipality _ with Assaf Talmudi, Jonathan Rubin, Liat Segal
Moveable Feasts : urban shading, for a garden
Holon _ Invited Competition proposal _ 2013 _ Client: Holon Design Museum
Furniture and art installation design
Herzliya _ 2015 _ Client: Private _ with Liat Muller
research
Paths to the Village
Research on future scenarios for rural regions _ 2017
Switching Trajectories in the Rhine Delta
ASLA 2009 Student Awards - Award of Excellence
Matanya Sack and Liesl Vanautgaerden _ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland _ faculty advisors: Christophe Girot and Sebastien Marot
more coming soon
education
