DESA1002 'Nine Quarter City' - <Felicity Cain>

Abstract

Jerusalem is an ancient cradle of human culture and one of the most important loci of three world religions. But as long as it has existed, it has been the cause and breeding ground of conflicts, as well as the target and site of dispute and war. The Jerusalem Botanical Centre is a public area that remembers this history while being a space that allows separation from external differences. The eastern tower contains a greenhouse and the western split level tower contains areas for horticulture history, plant cultivation and research. Together these towers flank a courtyard with simple reflective stream of water as the central focal point.