ToHA: The monarch of the Tel Aviv skyline

by Ron Arad & Avner Yashar

Numero immagine 32 della sezione corrente di Toha di Cosentino Italia

Location

Tel Aviv, Israel

Materiale

DKTN | Silestone

Colori

Soke, Sirius, Strato, Zenith, Kadum, Spectra, Custom colors

Quantity

25.500m2

Architecture/design

Arad Architects, Yashar Architects

Designer

Guillermo Conté Barceló

Collaboratori

Buro Happold Engineering, Israel David Engineering (structural engineer)

Spessore

8mm, 20mm

Numero immagine 33 della sezione corrente di Toha di Cosentino Italia

Facade, flooring, elevators, floors, interiors, and more. A dream realized in more than 28,000 m2 of DKTN

Located in the centre of Tel Aviv at the junction of two shopping streets, the ToHa building reaches 29 stories high. Its unique, faceted profile, inspired by the geometry of an iceberg, was designed by Ron Arad together with Avner Yashar’s local team to house an office complex that includes a public garden, viewing point and restaurant.

Innovative and functional interior and exterior architecture

From a functional point of view, this ambitious project turns the traditional layout of an office block on its head, locating the facilities on the ground floor to free up space at the top. This way, the upper levels can be dedicated to leisure use and the offices are distributed from the seventh floor and up, optimizing access to natural light and views.

Le fondamenta tecniche sono rivestite mediante un esclusivo sistema di ventilazione della facciata che alterna l’orientamento dell’intersezione dei pannelli DKTN®. L’applicazione consente il passaggio d’aria tra le piastre di grande formato (320 x 70 cm) e crea una superficie frontale uniforme che garantisce texture e profondità in elevazione. Cosentino offre, inoltre, l’opportunità di personalizzare una palette di sei colori, sulla base del modello Strato, consentendo di creare una progressiva gradazione di colore dalla parte inferiore verso l’alto.

Interior and exterior: A balance of light and visual continuity

Inside, a huge 30-metre atrium acts as a vestibule and meeting point. The offices face outwards, through a glass facade, and inwards towards the central patio lit by a large light well.

Finishes have been carefully chosen to create a comfortable workplace and coherent corporate image. The possibility to produce large-format DKTN pieces for floors, walls and ceilings allows the number of joints to be reduced and the sense of continuity to be maximized.