The existing workshop area adjacent to HaHotzvim Boulevard in the Maoz Tzion neighborhood contains uses considered unappealing in an urban environment. The many changes occurring in the immediate surroundings- the HaHotzvim Boulevard upgrade, the Magresa plan to the west which includes 1,100 new residential units, and the plan for the eastern slopes of HaHotzvim Boulevard- served as the impetus for the redesign and upgrade of this compound. The plan proposes a multi-step mechanism of a phased withdrawal of workshops and similar uses that are considered urban disturbances; and the slow introduction of commercial and employment uses alongside housing, complementing the surrounding emergent urban fabric and meeting the local master plan’s vision for this area
Mevasseret Tzion- Western slopes of Ha’Hotzvim Boulevard
Project Initiation: 2014
Location: The Maoz Tzion neighborhood of the town of Mevasseret Tzion
Project Area: 180 dunam
Status: Approved
Program: 200 residential units, 70,000 square meters employment
Planning Team: Ari Cohen, Eti Efrati-Arieh, Ariel Sharabi, Amir Elisha
מבט מדרום
The existing workshop area adjacent to HaHotzvim Boulevard in the Maoz Tzion neighborhood contains uses considered unappealing in an urban environment. The many changes occurring in the immediate surroundings- the HaHotzvim Boulevard upgrade, the Magresa plan to the west which includes 1,100 new residential units, and the plan for the eastern slopes of HaHotzvim Boulevard- served as the impetus for the redesign and upgrade of this compound. The plan proposes a multi-step mechanism of a phased withdrawal of workshops and similar uses that are considered urban disturbances; and the slow introduction of commercial and employment uses alongside housing, complementing the surrounding emergent urban fabric and meeting the local master plan’s vision for this area