Kimmel Eshkolot建筑事务所正式公布了位于以色列索多玛的全新的Moshe Novomesky游客中心,该中心可以俯瞰死海,是一个露天博物馆,让观众了解从20世纪至今在死海地区的生活和工作。

Kimmel Eshkolot Architects officially unveils the all-new Moshe Novomesky Visitors Center in Sodom, Israel overlooking the Dead Sea, an open-air museum that allows viewers to learn about the life and work in the Dead Sea region from the 20th century up until today.

作为位于地球最低处的生态奇迹,死海位于海平面以下427米度,是世界上最深的高盐水湖。随着死海新的和创新的游客中心的开放,Kimmel Eshkolot继续其设计创新和永恒的结构的传统,提升整个以色列的文化景观。该游客中心是在恢复和保护索多玛原钾肥公司遗址的基础上建立的,该镇通常被称为《圣经》中索多玛和蛾摩拉的故事发生地。

An ecological wonder located at the lowest place on Earth, the Dead Sea sits at 427-meters degrees below sea level and is the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With the opening of the new and innovative visitors center at the Dead Sea, Kimmel Eshkolot continues its legacy of designing innovative and timeless structures that elevate the cultural landscape across Israel. The visitor’s center is based upon the restoration and preservation of the original Potash Company Site in Sodom, a town commonly known as the location of the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

游客中心是对20世纪初为以色列盐矿业建立的先锋营地和公共建筑的重新构想。该建筑群位于以色列南部干旱和风景优美的90号公路上,隐藏在石灰岩景观中,并保留了其作为工作和生活场所的原始本质。该遗址是以色列农业根基历史的证明,也是该地区作为生态现象奇观的演变。在游客中心的场地上,游客可以进入各种保存下来的建筑,包括工业设施、商业建筑、餐厅和生活院落,所有这些建筑都被重建和重新利用,以容纳展览、历史照片和其他与死海及其历史相关的视觉体验。

The visitor’s center is a re-imagination of the pioneering encampment and communal structures erected for Israel’s salt mining industry dating back as far back as the beginning of the 20th century. Located on the arid and scenic Route 90 in southern Israel, the complex camouflages into the limestone landscape and retains its original essence as a modest site for working and living. The site is a testament to the history of Israel’s agricultural roots and the evolution of the region as a wunderkind of ecological phenomena. On the grounds of the visitor’s center, guests can enter a variety of preserved buildings from industrial facilities, a commercial building, a dining room, and a living compound, all of which have been rebuilt and repurposed to house exhibitions, historic photographs and other visual experiences connected to the Dead Sea and its history.

对于游客中心,Kimmel Eshkolot保留了建筑的南北定位,并增加了现代空调设备,为所有客人创造了舒适的体验。Kimmel Eshkolot像20世纪30年代一样使用了木材和金属遮阳板,为该地区的恶劣气候提供庇护,那里的温度可高达50摄氏度。由于原始建筑的位置和材料的设计没有使用现代空调,Kimmel Eshkolot看到了由于每座建筑的南部位置而流经该地的自然风的好处。为了加强对恶劣气候的保护,每座建筑都由1.5-2米深的混凝土板和木质包层支撑,这些都是为干燥、干旱和阳光照射的气候专门设计和处理的。

For the Visitor’s Center, Kimmel Eshkolot preserved the north and south positioning of the building and added modern air conditioning units to create a comfortable experience for all guests. Kimmel Eshkolot used wood and metal shading panels as in the 1930s to provide shelter from the harsh climate of the region where temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees Celsius. As the position and materiality of the original buildings were designed without the use of modern air conditioning, Kimmel Eshkolot saw the benefits of the natural breeze that flows through the site due to the southern positioning of each of the buildings. To enhance protection from the harsh climate, each of the buildings was supported by 1.5-2-meter-deep concrete slates and wood cladding that was specially designed and treated for the dry, arid, and sun-soaked climate.

在其新的化身中,原来的钾肥公司遗址被改造成一个露天博物馆,以反映死海地区原始居民的生活方式,以及它的孤立性和位置是如何被居民的决心所影响的。游客中心的设计是基于挂毯的概念,确定历史上某些时刻的建筑,重建它们,并增加新的部分和功能,作为一个当代博物馆存在。在维护场地的同时,建筑师将现有的景观和其地形的敏感性考虑在内,以体现出一个优雅地与充满岩石的景观相融合的结构。

In its new incarnation, the original Potash Company Site is transformed into an open-air museum to reflect the way of life of the original inhabitants of the Dead Sea region and how its isolation and location were made accessible by the determination of its inhabitants. The design of the visitor’s center is based on the idea of a tapestry, identifying the buildings at certain moments in history, rebuilding them, and adding new parts and functions to exist as a contemporary museum. While maintaining the site, the architects factored in the existing landscape and the sensitivity of its terrain to manifest a structure that elegantly blends in with the rock-laden landscape.

游客中心还包括一个以内容为基础的综合景点,为广大观众提供多样化的参观体验,同时尊重其作为一个小村庄的建筑遗产,帮助为这个曾经孤立的地区的可持续居住地铺平道路。死海的摩西-诺沃姆斯基游客中心是继Kimmel Eshkolot最近宣布和建造的几个文化项目之后,包括位于Vlorë的阿尔巴尼亚犹太博物馆(2025年)、特拉维夫的斯坦哈特自然历史博物馆(2019年)和耶路撒冷的赫兹尔山纪念馆(2018年)。基梅尔-埃什科洛特还因备受赞誉的赫兹尔山纪念馆在意大利获得了Dedalo Minosse奖。

The visitor’s center also includes a complex of content-based attractions that provide a diverse visiting experience to a wide range of audiences, all the while respecting its architectural heritage as a small village that helped pave the way for a sustainable habitat of this once-isolated region. The Moshe Novomesky Visitors Center at the Dead Sea follows several recently announced and built cultural projects by Kimmel Eshkolot, including the Albania Jewish Museum in Vlorë (2025), Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv (2019), and Mount Herzl Memorial in Jerusalem (2018). Kimmel Eshkolot was also the recipient of the Dedalo Minosse Award in Italy for the lauded Mount Herzl Memorial.

Architects: Kimmel Eshkolot Architects
Year : 2021
Photographs :Amit Gosher
Design Team : Inbal Pintzov, Liran Malka
Country : Israel