Rehavia, Jerusalem- Development and Preservation Master Plan

Client: Jerusalem municipality
Project Initiation: 2004
Location: Jerusalem
Project Area: 647 dunam
Status: Approved
Program: 5,000 residential units
Planning Team: Nahum Meltzer, Ari Cohen, Eti Efrati-Arieh

The plan includes the neighborhood of Rehavia and part of the surrounding neighborhoods of Kiryat Shmuel, Talbiyeh and Shaarei Chesed. The plan prescribes provisions allowing for the development of the neighborhood while preserving its unique character. The neighborhood of Rehavia has historic importance as the site of the original national institutions and the Gymnasia high school and as home to many leaders of the Zionist movement. Rehavia also has special architectural significance because it houses Jerusalem’s largest concentration of buildings built in the Bauhaus and International styles.

The planning process included a survey identifying around 150 historic buildings of different categories and determined the nature of preservation for each category. As much thought that was given to the preservation of the historic buildings was also given to the conservation of the other physical components of the neighborhood character: streets, fences, space between buildings, greenery and scale of the blocks.

The plan was accompanied by a Jerusalem Municipality team and was planned in cooperation with the regional committee, the local community administration and representatives of neighborhood residents.

The plan served as a policy document before it was given formal approval, thus enabling further development in accordance with its principles

  • תשריט

The plan includes the neighborhood of Rehavia and part of the surrounding neighborhoods of Kiryat Shmuel, Talbiyeh and Shaarei Chesed. The plan prescribes provisions allowing for the development of the neighborhood while preserving its unique character. The neighborhood of Rehavia has historic importance as the site of the original national institutions and the Gymnasia high school and as home to many leaders of the Zionist movement. Rehavia also has special architectural significance because it houses Jerusalem’s largest concentration of buildings built in the Bauhaus and International styles.

The planning process included a survey identifying around 150 historic buildings of different categories and determined the nature of preservation for each category. As much thought that was given to the preservation of the historic buildings was also given to the conservation of the other physical components of the neighborhood character: streets, fences, space between buildings, greenery and scale of the blocks.

The plan was accompanied by a Jerusalem Municipality team and was planned in cooperation with the regional committee, the local community administration and representatives of neighborhood residents.

The plan served as a policy document before it was given formal approval, thus enabling further development in accordance with its principles

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