Jerusalem – plays a unique role in the world history. It's rich and diverse historical past entails myths, legends and heroic events which reflected on its cultural role in the world. Symbolically, as a holy place for the 3 monotheistic religions, it has drawn longings from believers all over the world and gained an important status as a place of sanctuary. Following its spiritual importance, it became a strategic political place which reflected on its inhabitants' everyday life. This project was conceived to be carried out whether in the near future, or in the long term future, since it deals with a vision of potential collaboration and cooperation between people, regardless of their race, religion, and status. It introduces a new architectural language to Jerusalem, regardless of its monumental stone-construction-regulation and political architectonic historical signifiers. "Building -As a Sign" aspires to signify era of participation and peace, signed by the unique characteristics of the architectural typology of surfaces. Criticizing the over-symbolic aggressive architecture in Jerusalem, the project offers a symbolical landscape-architecture typology, distinguishing it from the stone-buildings while enhancing their qualities. Its localization – both physically and spiritually isolated from Jerusalem, insinuate the aspiration for shifting the emphasis -especially in the mass media and global migrations era today – from representations of historical land to the relations between humans and between humans and their immediate environment – land, sky, and spirit.
