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Amnon Direktor

Tel Aviv, Israel
Amnon Direktor is an architect, journalist and urban researcher originally from Tel Aviv, now living in Brussels. He graduated in architecture from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. These days he is starting a master's degree in urban studies at Free University of Brussels in Belgium. In addition, Amnon has been writing regularly in a number of magazines and journals in Israel on topics about architecture, urbanism and city life.

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The Office Bench


A new way to work and study in the city

The Office Bench


A new way to work and study in the city
A new way to work and study in the city
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  • Site-specific cases

Public space is one of the biggest challenges when thinking about the future of cities. The phenomenon of massive urbanization turns the public space into a complex and challenging arena in terms of planning from many aspects. When looking at the public space through the prism of the digital age in which we live, it is clear that this is a field with enormous potential for change, especially when it comes to learning and working habits.

Since the laptop revolution in the early 21st century, the way people work, learn and communicate has changed radically. If in the past most of the work took place inside offices and learning in classrooms, today work meetings in cafes or studies for exams in public gardens are a matter of routine. More and more people are meeting, working and learning in public spaces while creating a new world of opportunities. The project explores the integration of the field of working and studying within the public space.


Isometric view drawing

Side view drawing

Top view drawing

Isometric view folding drawing

Arm view

The Office Bench


A new way to work and study in the city

The Office Bench


A new way to work and study in the city
A new way to work and study in the city
File under
Type of project
  • Site-specific cases

Public space is one of the biggest challenges when thinking about the future of cities. The phenomenon of massive urbanization turns the public space into a complex and challenging arena in terms of planning from many aspects. When looking at the public space through the prism of the digital age in which we live, it is clear that this is a field with enormous potential for change, especially when it comes to learning and working habits.

Since the laptop revolution in the early 21st century, the way people work, learn and communicate has changed radically. If in the past most of the work took place inside offices and learning in classrooms, today work meetings in cafes or studies for exams in public gardens are a matter of routine. More and more people are meeting, working and learning in public spaces while creating a new world of opportunities. The project explores the integration of the field of working and studying within the public space.


Isometric view drawing

Side view drawing

Top view drawing

Isometric view folding drawing

Arm view


Idea by

Amnon Direktor
Tel Aviv
Israel
Amnon Direktor is an architect, journalist and urban researcher originally from Tel Aviv, now living in Brussels. He graduated in architecture from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. These days he is starting a master's degree in urban studies at Free University of Brussels in Belgium. In addition, Amnon has been writing regularly in a number of magazines and journals in Israel on topics about architecture, urbanism and city life.