Kiryat Gat 2025
Refigured Urbanism for the New Century
Kiryat Gat 2025 Departure Point
Kiryat Gat 2025 // Departure Points 1. Analyzing changes
and trends for 1960-1990 and 1990-present
Kiryat Gat 2025 // Departure Points 2. Using age
groups as a visioning tool
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Kiryat Gat 2025 // Departure Points 3. Using the four
Alternative type of urban life bridging the advantages of rural quality of life and big cities’ variety of choices, focusing on connectivity and a sense of belonging.
themes on different scales
The theme of technology is integrated in all aspects of life and structure the physical urban layout along with social life.
Nature is integrated into the urban fabric, connecting the different areas, uses and nodes. The green ring surrounding the city is as an integral part of city life.
Capitalizing on mobility experiences by connecting people and linking destinations.
Kiryat Gat 2025 Strategic Plan
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Strategic Plan: Components Urban cells - new urban scale Circulation - stitching the city Nature - integration in/out Technology - overall theme
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Strategic Plan: Components Urban Cells The city is a net composed of urban cells, a new scale that act as a tool for spatial reorganizition. By presenting a new scale, smaller then a neighborhood, the urban cell allows flexibility and is a feasible scale for urban regeneration.
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Strategic Plan: Components Circulation The inner circulation is divided into two: Cross-city public transportation that stitches the industrial zone, the existing city and the new northern neighborhood. Pedestrian and bicycling paths are organized as net, juxtaposing the transportation circulation.
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Strategic Plan: Components Technology The theme of technology is integrated in all aspects of life, such as the Net School, Smart Public Spaces, Science and Tech Park and residency programs.
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Strategic Plan: Components Nature The green ring surrounding the city is viewed as an integral part of city life and conneted to the pedestrian grid. The gardens and parks inside the city offer specific internet contents and each present a unique technological theme.
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Strategic Plan: Components Stitching the existing residential area, the industrial area and the northern development, by: 1. The Band Embraces the city and composed of diverse experiences and landscapes. Furthermore, it penetrates the city and industrial area, stitching the two together. 2. Main axis Sderot Lachish as a connector that runs through the northern development, city entrance, municipal core, the train station and industrial area.
Kiryat Gat 2025 Urban Cells
Kiryat Gat 2012 /// Fragmented Urban Fabric
Neighborhoods
Land uses
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells Neighborhoods’ weaknesses: 1. Rigid borders 2. Poor Connectivity 3. Large scale 4. Unutilized spaces
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells Using urban cells can: 1. Dissolve borders 2. Improve Connectivity 3. Utilize spaces 4. Enhance human comfort 5. Promote walkability and greater use of public spaces. 6. Feasible scale for urban regeneration
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Characteristics The urban cell’s characteristics are: • Scale and connectivity
• Themes and age groups The themes and age groups influence the unit’s spatial organization, the character and distribution of its public spaces, building typologies and patterns, density and intensity.
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Methodology Each urban cell is characterized by the four themes and age groups in different intensities, analyzed by a multi-layered gradient, and determined by the cell’s position in the city, its proximity to urban and natural elements, and its social-demographic structure -- both according to its current condition and the strategic plan. compact
nature
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nature
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mobility >>
mobility >> paths into natural landscape
technology >>
technology >> residency, incubators
age groups
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compact Kiryat Gat 2025 ///nature Urban Cells: Methodology residential
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nature
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mobility >>
mobility >> paths into natural landscape
technology >>
technology >> residency, incubators
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mobility = public transportation, main stop
mobility = connections between factories
technology = net school, tech garden
technology = industrial clusters
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Methodology
compact
nature
residential
industrial
mobility >> paths into natural landscape technology >> residency, incubators
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age groups
compact
nature
residential
industrial
mobility = connections between factories technology = industrial clusters
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age groups
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Methodology compact
nature
residential
industrial
mobility >> paths into natural landscape technology >> residency, incubators
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age groups
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nature
residential
industrial
mobility = connections between factories technology = industrial clusters
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age groups
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Guiding Principles 1. Age groups
2. Governance and management
Housing
Distribution
Public spaces
Scale
Connectivity
Character
Amenities
Program
3. Human Comfort Water catchment
Materials
Maintenance
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Local climate Shading
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Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example
Bnei Israel neighborhood
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example Starting point >> current condition + strategic plan City’s main entrance
Park and stream Rapid public transportation
City center
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example Interventions in the cellular scale Distribution of age groups
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example Interventions in the cellular scale Connectivity and amenities
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example Interventions in the cellular scale // superposition Governance and management models
Ideogram
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example, Zoom In Current condition
Interventions
Existing housing Additions 0-10
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Shared / public amenities
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example, Zoom In Private management of open spaces
Existing housing Additions 0-10
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18-30
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Shared / public amenities
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example
Kiryat Gat 2025 /// Urban Cells: Example
Kiryat Gat 2025
Refigured Urbanism for the New Century