Park Ayalon

Design Team Ayala Gal, Ori Halevy, Daphna Auerbach Biran, Peleg Azar, Abigail Benouaich, Ekateryna Yolkina, Natalie Salama Barbara

Ayalon Park is an urban project grounded in the idea of integrated city living. At its heart lies a central piazza, surrounded by a sequence of shops, cafés, and community services — a vibrant public space that invites movement, encounters, and a sense of community. The project includes approximately 450 residential units in a diverse mix, ranging from the micro-unit tower “Bird’s Nest” to larger, more spacious apartments designed to accommodate various stages and needs of assisted living. A wide range of complementary functions has also been integrated: a gym, a sports center, swimming pool, recovery center and a nursing care department. This is not a project that seeks to stand apart from its surroundings — but one that aspires to blend in. It is the most urban, integrated, and ambitious assisted living project we have designed to date.

Our solution was to break down the large mass into smaller, more delicate architectural rhythms — a series of varied vertical volumes that form a neighborhood-scale composition.
This creates a balance between strength and sensitivity; between a large-scale urban project and a human-scale, approachable environment.

Like any large-scale development, this project required efficient, industrialized planning — based on repetitive elements. Yet within this constraint, we found an opportunity for precision, organization, and refined control of scale. The repeated elements were carefully composed to soften the sense of repetition, while maintaining a consistent architectural language. The result is a visual fabric that is both unified and varied — striking a balance between industrial efficiency and architectural uniqueness. To avoid an institutional or alien appearance — and certainly to avoid a structure that stands out or declares itself — we chose restraint. Despite its considerable size, the building does not assert its presence. The selected materials — porcelain granite, aluminum, glass, and plaster — come together in a sensitive envelope, with a subdued yet refined palette. They form a quiet backdrop, allowing life to unfold and enabling residents to feel deeply embedded within the urban fabric