Hess Masterplan
Redefining a neglected industrial zone by transforming it into a new pulsating heart of the city
Program Masterplan
Client Ministry of Construction and Housing & Lod Municipality
Location Lod, Israel
Appointment 2017
Status Completed, awarded Building Detail Design
Completion 2019
Size 180,000 m²
Planning Director Dani Litay
Project Architect Tal Yaniv
Team Sally Alawady, Danielle Ella, Dror Tshuva, Gal Rafaeli, Nizan Hess, Elad Goshen, Eliahu Cohen, Ivi Vassilopoulou
HQ Architects’ 180,000 m² Hess Masterplan creates a new centrality in the city by stitching together the urban fabric, unifying the scattered open and disused public spaces and providing urban flexibility for the area’s future development. A number of rigid rules must be preserved, such as the continuation of the urban grid, its connection to a park along the railroad track and determining the uses of the foundation floors according to the nature of the surrounding streets.
The Masterplan optimizes the urban space of this marginalized area, by creating green public spaces, and a clear distinction between public and private areas as well as increasing the housing units. It invigorates the old industrial area’s business activity by adding 79,200 m² of office and commercial space, breathing new life to it.
