Sara holds a B.A in Middle East Studies and Fine Arts from the Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva (2013) and an M.A in Urban & Regional planning from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (2016).
She joined HQ Architects in 2023, as the HQ Urban Studio’s Planning Manager and Director and has been involved in numerous projects in the office. Most notably, Sara has been responsible for the renewal of the central station complex in Akko, the Urban renewal at the northern town of Arara, and other urban renewals schemes in Rehovot and Petah Tikva, among others. As a Planning Manager of the studio, she also handles the communication between the Urban Planning teams and Architects in the office, and therefore she is involved in architecture projects of the studio beyond urban planning as well.
Sara is a well-experienced planners and has vast experience from her work in various offices in Israel, including Ari Cohen Architects in Jerusalem. Sara’s experience in the field goes beyond practice, as she was a Lecturer of Urbanism at the Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands, 2000-22).
Sara is fluent in Hebrew (native) and English, and has good command of Dutch.
