Contemporary Stone Villa On A Gentle Slope Overlooking Forest, Lowlands And Sea

Dana Oberson Architects Studio has recently completed a new project in Neve Ilan, originally a cooperative kibbutz founded with the establishment of the state of Israel. The plot borders the Arab town of Abu Ghosh, where remains of historic biblical settlements have been discovered. The two-story house is built on a gentle slope overlooking the Neve Ilan forest, the lowland, and the Mediterranean Sea on the horizon to the west. “The house sits on the edge of the two towns, Arab and Jewish, and as such, it creates a border that has a statement that should respect the place, the neighbors, and which calls for coexistence,“ says architect Dana Oberson, Chief Architect and founder of Dana Oberson Architects Studio. The entrance facade is of a single level that blends in the view and speaks balance and integration into the environment. “The choice of material came from observing at the unrefined stone that builds the agricultural terraces of Neve Ilan,“ says Oberson, “we love