We are happy to announce that our urban renewal scheme for the Leah Goldberg Masterplan in Lod has been selected to be featured in the Oslo Architecture Triennale Index initiative.
Selected among 400 entries, the urban mixed use scheme presents an exciting and thorough case study on how to turn a neglected urban environment into an exciting mixed-use neighborhood with adequate housing, commercial spaces, social care infrastructure and functional public areas. The 186,000 m² Lea Goldberg Masterplan is located in Lod, a historic city south-east of Tel Aviv that has been neglected for decades and deals with various aspects of transforming a neglected neighborhood by working closely with governmental bodies on financial, social, and planning regeneration mechanisms.
Also, it focuses on utilizing neglected infrastructure, creating open spaces of various scales, from public parks to smaller public walkways and common courtyards that upgrade the value of the neighbourhood. It opens marginalized spaces and vibrant walkable areas, setting the foundations for Lod’s future growth and transformation into a destination, while boosting its real estate value.
The Triennale’s Neighborhood index aims to show visionary ideas and examples on how to formbetter neighborhoods: What are the practical, architectural, and social features of good neighborhoods? How can we share more at a neighborhood scale? How can new urban areas become more diverse and socially and environmentally sustainable?
The index highlights both urban form– the physical planning and design of neighborhoods – and the communitylife at a neighborhood scale: the content of the built environment. The index thus features both practical and systemic reflections, small-scale interventions and master plans, physical and social projects.
