KG 2025: Industrial Remix

TEAMKIRYAT GAT 2025

MICHAEL KAPLANSTEPHEN KENNEDYJARED PRESSCHRIS RHIE

NEXCITY: REFIGURED URBANISM FOR THE NEW CENTURY

Pedestrian Network Freight NetworkFuture bicycle and pedestrian networks in the industrial zone improve circulation, link commuters to the central core, and increase connections throughout the city.

Most final manufacturing products are shipped via the state highway network. Most Kiryat Gat products are routed through Route 6 with a secondary system along Highway 35 to the port of Ashdod.

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NETWORKPROPOSALS

Land Swaps Smart Growth ZoningVacant space is prevalent throughout the industrial zone. There are many opportunities for infill development as well as expansion into agricultural lands for transitional uses and productive buffers. Vacant spaces can be leveraged to assemble the

Rather than having a single-use industrial district, zoning is reconfigured for the introduction of industrial urbanism. This is accompanied by an urban growth buffer and infill incentives to maximize usage of existing vacant lots.

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MICHAEL KAPLANSTEPHEN KENNEDYJARED PRESSCHRIS RHIE

NEXCITY: REFIGURED URBANISM FOR THE NEW CENTURY

The Net Positive City SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Adapting to the future of industry. How Kiryat Gat can remain competitive in dynamic environmental and economic conditions.

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TEAMKIRYAT GAT 2025

MICHAEL KAPLANSTEPHEN KENNEDYJARED PRESSCHRIS RHIE

NEXCITY: REFIGURED URBANISM FOR THE NEW CENTURY

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Road & Pedestrian Network Freight NetworkFuture road and pedestrian networks from Kiryat Gat to the industrial zone improve circulation, link commuters to the central core, and increase connections throughout the city.

Most final manufacturing products are shipped via the state highway network. Most Kiryat Gat products are routed through Route 6 with a secondary system along Highway 35 to the port of Ashdod.

AUTOMOBILE FREIGHT NETWORK

EDUCATIONAL TRAILPEDESTRIAN

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The Net Positive City NETWORK PROPOSALS

Land ExchangeThe history of expansion in the industrial zone can be traced by its use. The oldest industrial facilities exist to the northwest, adjacent to the train tracks. These buildings are densely situated and house light industry, such as ware-houses and auto repair shops. To the southeast, there is a concentration of large footprint buildings that house heavy

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TEAMKIRYAT GAT 2025

MICHAEL KAPLANSTEPHEN KENNEDYJARED PRESSCHRIS RHIE

NEXCITY: REFIGURED URBANISM FOR THE NEW CENTURY

The Net Positive City SITE PROPOSAL

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The Case for E-Waste

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Activating Sderot Lakhish

Resource Recovery Center

A Resource Recycling Center becomes a hub for the sharing of resources as well as a communal exchange of goods.

A Resource Recycling Center becomes a hub for the sharing of resources as well as a communal exchange of goods.

Industrial Education Open Processes Community BenefitsNew open spaces are created to remediate existing brownfields without hindering current manufacturing production.

New open spaces are created to remediate existing brownfields without hindering current manufacturing production.

Looking at precedents such as Panasonic’s PETEC facility, Kiryat Gat’s new resource recovery facility can provide extensive community benefits.

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Reverse Supply Chain

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Zooming in on E-WasteHigh tech manufacturing has been a boon for Kiryat Gat, providing jobs, increasing prosperity, and providing quality products. But where do those products end up?

E-waste recycling will soon be mandatory throughout Israel. Kiryat Gat is perfectly positioned to capitalize upon this opportunity to improve the natural and social environments.

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HAZARDOUSMATERIALS

TEAMKIRYAT GAT 2025

MICHAEL KAPLANSTEPHEN KENNEDYJARED PRESSCHRIS RHIE

NEXCITY: REFIGURED URBANISM FOR THE NEW CENTURY

400,000 m2 Clean Room

500,000 m2 Manufacturing Floor Space

300,000 m2 Offices

125,000 m2 Parking Structure

The Net Positive City URBAN INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERING

Kendall Square

A New Typology

Once an industrial wasteland in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kendall Square was transformed into a high tech research and development center with housing, restaurants, shops, parks, all alongside heavy industry.

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Disaggregated Model for Intel’s Future Expansion

The current enclosed campus model of the high technology companies located in Kiryat Gat isolates workers from important services needed during their workday. Additionally, this separation limits the potential for interaction with others, preventing an essential benefit of clustering, knowledge spillovers, from happening.

This new typology separates non-manufacturing activities from the campus, putting them on the street and creating a more successful urban environment. Within walking distance are many businesses that support daytime workers as well as residents that live in the area. Through street life and a more diverse offering of uses, the industrial zone of Kiryat Gat can beome a vibrant urban extension of the current city.

Merging Production and Consumption

Urban Industrial Cluster Disaggregated ModelNew Amazon HQ

Kendall Square Laboratory

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Intern or Market Rate Housing

Offices Research and Development

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A new typology that can support a variety of urban uses