KG 2025: The Hinge

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THE HINGE: URBAN CORE THE HINGE The plan for the Hinge is focused 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 existing public assets such as pedestrian pathways and plazas. Pedestrian networks utilize passive climatological solutions to encourage year-round pedestrian use. The second, urban infill and adaptation, is focused on utilizing strategic densification by developing vacant and underutilized lots within the existing city and adapting existing urban fabric to create dense residential and commercial neighborhoods. Finally, our economic development strategy is focused on developing mixed-use structures and promoting human-scale street activity. Denser development will result in stronger continuity between commercial and residential uses in different parts of the city. Our plan for the Hinge focuses primarily on a large-scale redevelopment of the Wedge into a mixed-use city center. Our proposal involves moving the train tracks below grade so a new train station can be built at grade with a road connection into the industrial zone, bridging the two major parts of the city. Major development and streetscape renovations along Sderot Lachish aim to turn this into an iconic street running the length of the city, from the northern development to Intel. The heart of Lachish will be in the Wedge, with mixed-use buildings containing storefronts, cafes, and municipal services on the ground level and residences above. Parked cars will shield pedestrians, bikers, and diners from traffic and tree cover will shield them from the sun.

NEW AND ADPATIVE LAND USE PATTERNS NEW AND ADPATIVE LAND USE PATTERNS

Housing 300,000 Square Meters Housing 300,000 Square Meters

Commercial 52,000 Square Meters Commercial 52,000 Square Meters

USE Mixed Use Commercial USE Office Mixed Use Residential Commercial Public Facilities Office Institutional Residential Parking Public Facilities Institutional Parking

Public/Institutional 62,000 Square Meters Public/Institutional 62,000 Square Meters Office 11,000 Square Meters Office 11,000 Square Meters Parking 15,000 Square Meters Parking 15,000 Square Meters


The Hinge KIRYAT GAT’S URBAN CORE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

CIRCULATION SYSTEMS

Public/Private Passage

Urban Infill/Adaptation

Economic Development

Fine Grain Pedestrian Network

School

Combinining Modes of Transporation Path to Northern Park

City Hall/Bus Station

Car Share and Bike Share Targeted at Start-Ups

Pool

Bike Share With Easy Access from Busn

Mall Wadi Crossing

Market

Pop-Ups

Taxi Stand, Car Share, Bike Share Located at Train Station Electric Car Charging Station

Silo

Shade Path

Hotel Train Station

Residential Park

Entertainment

Car Share and Bike share 100 m in Wedge Neighborhood

5 minute walk 10 minute walk

100 m

a. Utilizing strageic densification by developing vacant lots within the existing city prior to urban expansion b. Adapting existing structures to provide universally accessible housing

a. Creating publc and transparent ground levels of municipal functions interconnected with existing public assets such as pedestrian pathways and plazas b. Applying simple passive solutions, making exterior space climatologically conducive to pedestrian use

100 m

a. Developing mixed use structures to the right-of-way to promote human-scale street-level activity with sidewalk amenities and sun protection elements b. Creating denser development to promote stronger continuity between commerical uses

High Frequency Bus Service To Northern Residents and Route 35

Wedge Circulation

Park and Community Center

New Bus Station and City Hall

NEW AND ADPATIVE LAND USE PATTERNS

Mall

Housing 300,000 Square Meters

Market

5 minute walk

Commercial: “BIG”

Connection to Intel

Commercial 52,000 Square Meters Vehicle Bicycle Pedestrian

Train Station

New Lacish Industrial Corridor

100 m 100 m

Public/Institutional 62,000 Square Meters USE Mixed Use

SDEROT LAKISH SECTION

Commercial Office Residential

Office 11,000 Square Meters

Public Facilities Institutional Parking

Parking 15,000 Square Meters

Key

WEDGE SITE SECTION

5m

1.5 m 1.5 m 2.5 m

3m

3m

3m

3m

2.5 m 1.5 m 1.5 m

3m

5m

Key

Derech Hadarom 0

5

meters

KIRYAT GAT 2025

NEXCITY: REFIGURED URBANISM FOR THE NEXT CENTURY

TEAM

NOAH KORETZ NAOMI STEIN MERRAN SWARTWOO ALEXIS WHEELER

10

20

Supermarket 40

Senior Housing

Public Pedestrian Square

Live/Work Lofts

Courthouse

Train Station

Hotel

Silo


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