No One’s Ark
The great ‘No One’s Ark’ is a huge installation built using mixed techniques. The ark is composed of wood and combines elements of light, sound and wind. The design and construction of the ark took place across several locations, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the Sharon region.
The highlight took place at the “Midburn” event (Israeli Regional Burn), when 10,000 participants visited the ark and experienced it, day and night, for over the course of eight days. The ark was one of the largest and most prominent exhibits in the event, and has won worldwide fame.
Year: 2016 | Location: Midburn 2016, South of Israel | Co-creation with: Alon Halamit, Eitan Perry, Ori HaCohen, And the No One’s Ark team
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A dream come true
The Vision of the Ark sailing in the desert was inspired from a dream of a dear friend named Alon Halamit, an engineer and artist. The dream ignited a flame within us, and for over six months we led the No One's Ark team together in planning, designing and building the Ark for the Israeli Regional Burn, ”Midburn” on May 2016.
Building the Ark was about transforming the dream into reality and then back into a dream.
Interdisciplinary team work
Since the ark was built in the center of Israel and was installed in the south of Israel, we needed to find a quick and intelligent solution to connect and dismantle its structure.
Thanks to our diverse team of engineers, designers, carpenters, social entrepreneurs, photographers, sound technicians, and even a pizza baker, we found the perfect solution.
The method of assembling the frame was taken from a concrete mold connector that we converted to the frame connection.
This allowed a quick and easy puzzle-like assembly while maintaining the strength of its engineering structure.
When engineering meets design
Building the ark was a magnificent display of engineering, design and teamwork.
100 year old camera
The team had a special group photo taken using a 100 year old camera.
…"What kind of a crazy friend would you tell about dreaming of building a 100 ft. long Ark in the middle of the desert and enthusiastically replies without hesitation - “I'm all in!”? This is the essence of Daniel. He can dream big and deliver…"
A. Halamit
35 cubic meters of wood
The ark was 30 meters long, 8 meters high and 8 meters in width. It had two floors with a huge space in its belly and huge staircase leading to its upper deck.
The ark was built out of 35 cubic meters (20 tons) of wood.
As a part of the design process we used scaled models to demonstrate concepts to the building team and used computer driven static analysis for engineering, continuously transitioning back and forth from the traditional to technological methods.
Night time
At night, the artist Shlomit Yaacov (a.k.a. Mejadra-eyes) created a projection mapping of animals climbing the facades of the ark.
The belly of the ark
The ark served as a multi-functional space throughout the event. Inside the ark we created a storm with the effects of a sound installation made by Gabriel Mandel featuring a seven chapter sound journey of the biblical story of Noah’s ark.
The space also held meditation sessions, parties, resting space, and provided shade and a lookout for the Midburn city.
Igniting fire to save the planet
About a year after the Ark was burned, the team met in the Sharon region of Israel, where a forest that has been cut down is being rehabilitated.
All members of the No one’s Ark team planted new oak trees. This act symbolized our own personal responsibility towards the environment, closing the circle and giving back to the world.
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