City of Jerusalem Young Architects Seminar

DESIGN

RoofTop

The Reuse of an existing industrial building of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem young architects seminar, 2014 re-use

urban scale

conservation

residential

culture

The neighborhood The neighborhood suffers from a severe shortage of open public spaces.

The standard for open public spaces is 32 sf/person, while in this neighborhood there are only 8 sf/person.

Background

DESIGN

The existing industrial building

existing ground floor A typical building in the neighborhood:

ground floor

first floor

North facade

East facade

South facade

West facade

DESIGN

Concept Persevering the roof in order to produce a large open public area, meeting the needs of the neighborhood residents .

The existing building

DESIGN

The design proposal

DESIGN

Dwelling

A-A

existing circulation

courtyard

Dwelling

existing circulation

B-B

B

B

A

A

DESIGN

There is such a high demand for private educational institutions in the neighborhood, that the institutions often replace residences, which contributes to the shortage in housing. For this reason, a major part of the building is designated for such institutions. Most of the space would be rented to various private institutions, while some common facilities will be shared.

05. Rooftop Park

DESIGN

B

B

04. Addding two floors 0

03. Private courtyard A

A

02. Opening an urban street

01. The existing situation

Typical floor plan

DESIGN

A public, open and wide access to the roof

C

Orchard

The kindergarten floor

Babies & Apartments mothers A kindergarten patio with a direct access to the roof corner Gray water tank

C

Girls' school

Girls school

Library

'KOLEL'

seminars

‫בניין קיים‬

Classrooms

commercial

parking

commercial

Education Education commercial

parking Courtyard

Apartments