Cloud Society
Year | 2025
Location | Israel.
Course | Final Project thesis, Technion Institute of Technology, Israel.
Planner | Yuval Ehud
Instructors | Dr. Architect Or Alexandrowich, Architect Yishay Wohl, Architect Shmaya Tzarfati
Lately, colossal structures known as “Data Centers” are springing up all over Israel and the rest of the world.
Today, many data centers are built without consideration of the residents who are forced to live by these huge structures, and sometimes even despite their protests. This project suggests a new approach to the planning process of Data Centers and Cloud Infrastructures while highlighting the environmental and energetic costs accompanying the race for technology.
The project includes a new transportational and technological path connecting Eilat and Be’er Sheva, based on the global submarine communication infrastructure.
Analysis | the Global Cables Network
Israel's unique position in the global network
Distribution of data centers and cables in Israel
Israel has a clear strategic advantage: As an infrastructural link between the global east and west, it may play a pivotal role in connecting the world’s internet and communication infrastructures.
Analysis | Local Context
Population distribution in the desert
Data canters' planning principles
Analysis of energy efficiency and data center sizes
New Plan | Planning Principles
Excessive heat usage and geothermal cooling
Construction principles
Programms in the building complex
Avarage temperatures in Ne'ot Smadar village
45 °C
Max. Temp.
0.7 °C
2024
Min. Temp.
Room Temperature
25 °C
December
January
Moving around the building complex
The project aimes to expose the public to the cost of technological, modern life.
It does so by using a combination of partitions and movement paths - while maintaing a clear sepration between the public and the private areas, it allows the visitors a glimpse into the inner workings of the internet.
New site plan
Section A - A
Section B - B
Plans and Sections
Renders
Further Research
