Hess-Goldberg 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 Under Construction
Completion
Size 380,000 m²
Project Architect Omer Pener
Team Sally Alawady, Danielle Ella, Dror Tshuva, Gal Rafaeli, Nizan Hess, Elad Goshen
Lod is currently divided by the railroad tracks – determining factor on the street hierarchy and on the creation of open spaces and public functions. Our plan creates a new centrality that stitches the urban fabric together.
By defining a perimeter envelop that restrains the future constructions in the new plan, allowing flexibility. There are a number of rigid rules that 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, etc.
