Bereshit on the Water

STATUS: Planning Stages

AREA: 90 Dunams

UNITS: 2,752

CLIENT: Next Urban

ABOUT:

The main concept of the project is conservation and renewal. The Sha’ar Aliya neighborhood that was designed and built in the seventies is one of the famous public projects of the architect Al Mansfeld. The neighborhood was designed with an emphasis on a pedestrian-friendly public space separated from car traffic and a repetitive building model with varied heights. During the planning, we studied the historical plan and the first step was to preserve the central pedestrian street in the neighborhood and rebuild its unique side of the buildings. The pedestrian street will be the heart of the neighborhood, with diverse uses including residences, commerce, and public buildings. It will be a place for meeting, community, leisure and recreation. In order to create a diverse neighborhood, we have developed several residential typologies suitable for a wide range of populations. These typologies combine in innovative ways textural construction and towers, the variety of construction forms creates streets with a unique character. We saw great importance in creating a connection between the neighborhood and the sea, and we did this in several ways, including green paths for pedestrians and cyclists from east to west of the neighborhood to allow views of the sea, positioning of the towers in such a way that each tower has views of the sea and multiple balconies on the facades facing the sea. In the planning of the neighborhood, we put a lot of emphasis on ecological innovation and green construction. In all residential typologies there is a combination of smart roofs: green roofs, blue roofs for collecting water and yellow roofs where solar panels will be installed.

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