Designed by Eran Binderman and Rama Dotan, this contemporary private residence is situated in Israel.

Description by Eran Binderman & Rama Dotan
Each project is a journey. This journey actually started on a trip into the unknown?
On our first meeting the clients shared their vacation experience abroad (far east), and asked us, if we could somehow engrave this into the atmosphere they would get in their home. In addition to that, the emphasis on ?the nest? (parents and four children) with the meaning of privacy for everyone in the house, was a repeating notion of the conversation.
The next visit on site, realized the potential of the land. The main street on one side and the pedestrian park on the other, suggested the location of the functions. A quiet pedestrian pathway in between, was clearly going to serve as the main entrance. The process of locating the different functions on the lot while staying on a fine line between privacy vs. openness, formal vs. freedom, was the main challenge of the design. The starting point of the process was the reference to the entire lot as one single entity; In other words ? The lot is the house- open or closed.
The movement between the different spaces creates their boundaries and the experience in them. The garden enjoys the same treatment of design as the interiors thus creating a balance of importance between inside and outside.
The front Street facade is subdued and modest compared to the rear which ...