2024-05-02T03:58:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/72293759/swing-by-jerusalab-architecture Archinect 2013-05-01T13:44:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8c/8c758cdlvjsdu5x5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> Israeli practice JerusaLAB Architecture has sent us a tiny but mighty project titled simply, <em>swing</em>: a seesaw penetrating the massive concrete border fence between Israel and Palestine.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/9q/9q1210o3qge0swoh.jpg" title=""></p> <p> "The project claims to portray the possibility for peaceful acts in the Israeli Palestinian environment where face to face relationships are absent," designers Elena Mann and Eldar Gantz explain.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/pz/pzm2n2v927jeiy93.jpg" title=""></p> <p> "Placing a swing inside a concrete element of the separation wall is an act that requires a blind cooperation and trust. The work suggest a positive romantic view on a conflictual relationship manifested in concrete borderline disorder."</p> <p> <strong>Project Credits:</strong></p> <p> Architects: Elena Mann &amp; Eldar Gantz<br> JerusaLAB Architecture, Jerusalem</p> <p> Elena Mann is an interdisciplinary designer based in London. Eldar Gantz is an architect/artist based in Jerusalem.</p>