The final report of the studio is available for download. Due to its large size it is divided into three parts. Open publication Open publication Open publication
A flexible tool for analyzing, planning, and managing urban fabrics, emphasizing connectivity, diverse use of public spaces, age groups, management, and maintenance.
The city of Kiryat Gat is planning to expand with a large development to the north of Route 35, a major east-west connector for Southern Israel. This plan will expand the city at a large scale, accommodating an increase of 25,000 residents. Our project critiques this plan, which is not without positives, but is flawed...
The Hinge plan focuses on creating a vibrant, mixed-use city center that draws from and connects the municipal core of the city and the current industrial zone. The plan is based on several implementation concepts. The first, circulation and public passage, is focused on creating public and transparent ground levels of municipal functions interconnected with...
Kiryat Gat’s industrial park is one of the city’s most distinctive assets. In addition to hosting a bevy of traditional industries, including food processing (Sugat, Sabra) and metal production (Hod Assaf), it has recently attracted cutting-edge manufactur- ing facilities with the introduction of Intel, HP, Micron, Hitachi, Zenith Solar, and other high tech companies. However,...
The industrial core is central to Kiryat Gat’s future growth. It presents a unique development opportunity with its diverse collection of factories, workshops, warehouses, and office buildings. Thanks to national government incentives, international firms such as Intel and HP have recently built production facilities there, forming the beginnings of a new high tech cluster. However,...
Kiryat Gat’s potentially vibrant urban core currently suffers from stratified land uses, limited connectivity between neighborhoods, and constrained crossing to the city’s industrial district. A railroad that separates the core from the industrial district can only be crossed via a bridge near the southern border of the city; this barrier hinders movement between these areas...
Kiryat Gat’s proposed northern development is currently defined by a completely disconnected urban fabric. The city identity is currently fragmented along socio-economic lines and the proposed plan will reinforce this disconnection. Our plan seeks to connect the existing and future neighborhoods, using the park as a connector rather than a barrier. We are looking at...
General Goals & Frameworks We aim to promote a vibrant, compact, livable city with greater socio-economic diversity. We can accomplish these goals by focusing on developable areas within the current city fabric and forging stronger connections between the industrial zone and the main part of the city. Issues For a small city, Kiryat Gat...
General Goals & Framework For the Mediated City approach to regeneration in Kiryat Gat, we propose a flexible platform of Smart Tools and Pop-ups. Smart Tools are new technologies that are applied towards urban systems. Pop-ups are temporary interventions in under-utilized spaces that experiment with future urban uses and solutions for a better city. We...
General Goals and Frameworks Forming a natural network, the city would use nature as an organizing tool. Natural interventions would stitch together disparate areas of the city and bridge exterior barriers in a grid-like fashion. This network would reconnect the city with its environs, making nature work for the city to enhance the ecology and...
Through the lens of mobility, Kiryat Gat appears as a multifaceted city: a city of loyal and diverse residents, a focal point of the region, a growing industrial base, and city with untapped train accessibility to the country as a whole. Building on these strengths, Kiryat Gat can grow to become a dynamic residential base...
KG 2025: Refigured Urbanism Plan
Jun 28, 2012
The Urban Cell
Jun 28, 2012
Continuing North: Active & Productive Landscapes
Jun 28, 2012
The Hinge: Urban Core
Jun 28, 2012
Industrial Remix
Jun 28, 2012
Preliminary Strategic Plan
Apr 7, 2012
New Town Research
Apr 7, 2012
