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"The main idea behind these projects is to give equal importance to the decor and design of activity spaces for children as is given to that of adults."
The Weizman Educational Centre, Tel Hashomer
hotel, but a kid-friendly luxury hotel that invests equally in its design and facilities for children. Now 10 years later, the hotel has decided to more than triple the kids club space to 350sqm and has brought us back for its design. Our design for the kids club uses motifs from the old city in Jerusalem as the core of the design language, emulating the architecture of the hotel itself, originally designed by renowned Israeli architect, Moshe Safdie and recently updated by Italian architect, Piero Lissoni. Young children, aged 2-5, can enjoy varied activity stations, soft furniture play spots, inclusive seating and intimate nooks for individual or group play. For older children and teens aged 6-18, you can find pool tables, a soccer area and a multi-media room featuring computers, video games and a projector for a movie theater vibe. >>
MARCH 2021
fun space that acts as a home away from home for them to create unforgettable experiences. Even when deciding on a hotel, a parent is much more likely to choose a brand that has given as much thought to the enjoyment of their children as it has to that of their own. In 2011, I designed the initial kids club of the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem and it was a great success. Although only 100sqm, it attracted many families to come from all over the world, and proved the value of designing not just a luxury
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The David Citadel Hotel Kids Club in Jerusalem and the Kids Club at the Six Senses Shaharut Hotel are both part of an area of my career on which I have focused quite some time: creating kid-friendly and family-inclusive high-end hospitality establishments. The main idea behind these projects is to give equal importance to the decor and design of activity spaces for children as is given to that of adults. Parents are able to better enjoy and utilise the facilities made available to them when their children have a dedicated,
David Citadel Hotel Kids Club by Sarit Shani Hay
DESIGN MIDDLE EAST
Tell us about David Citadel Hotel Kids Club in Jerusalem and the Kids Club at the Six Senses Shaharut Hotel. What were some of the challenging aspects of these projects?
In 2019, Sarit Shani Hay and her eponymous design studio in Tel Aviv took on the challenge of reimagining much needed learning and healing spaces for children and young adults during hospitalization. These spaces include an educational environment for mediating medical processes in the surgical department at Safra Children's Hospital in Tel Hashomer and a creative Makers’ Hall at the “Shahaf” school in the Abarbanel Mental Health Centre in Bat Yam. Both projects were commissioned by the philanthropic organization Sasa Setton in collaboration with each hospital, as well as the Israeli Ministry of Education.
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