Holcim Awards 2014 Africa Middle East Main authors Summary by the jury Project data Further authors Appraisal by the jury Adaptive Re-Use Women’s center and playground, Beit Iksa, Palestine Part of a larger scheme to revive the historic center of Beit Iksa, a small Palestinian village of 1,600 people near Jerusa- lem, the project offers a response to the village’s isolation and limited resources. In a first step, two abandoned buildings will be adapted for reuse as working spaces with an eco- kitchen for the local women’s association, followed by the re- habilitation of surrounding spaces. The new facilities will in- clude interactive educational playgrounds for children, winter and summer seating areas, and a protected bird habitat. It is an effort to bring life back to this abandoned site by combin- ing design, planning, restoration, landscaping, and infrastruc- ture, thus improving local living conditions and biodiversity, while adding to the aesthetic quality of Beit Iksa. The jury greatly appreciates the project’s social and spatial initiatives to strengthen communities and their environment in a politically troubled region of the world. Specifically val- ued is the intention to rehabilitate a historic site with mini- mal means and to revitalize a community through the provi- sion of facilities for important daily activities – cooking, playing, gardening, etc. At the core of the project is the build- up of social and physical infrastructure – understood as a con- duit to empower local stakeholders and, most importantly, families and women of all ages. Aye Al Tahhan, architect, Khaldun Bshara, co-director, Tareq Dar Naser, site-engineer and Yousef Dar Taha, architect, Riwaq – center for architectural conserva- tion, Ramallah, Palestine; Miriam Ozanne, mechanical engineer and Murray Fraser, architect, Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), London, UK; Nasser Golzari, NG Architects and Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), London, UK Context Architecture, building and civil engineering Client Women Association of Beit Iksa Background Public commission Planned start January 2014 Shatha Safi, Riwaq – center for architectural conservation, Ramallah, Palestine and Yara Sharif, NG Architects and Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), London, UK Image 1: Women’s center building before restoration. Image 2: Public space site before construction. Acknowledgement
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Holcim Awards 2014 Africa Middle East
Main authors
Summary by the jury
Project data
Further authors
Appraisal by the jury
Adaptive Re-UseWomen’s center and playground, Beit Iksa, Palestine
Part of a larger scheme to revive the historic center of Beit Iksa, a small Palestinian village of 1,600 people near Jerusa-lem, the project offers a response to the village’s isolation and limited resources. In a first step, two abandoned buildings will be adapted for reuse as working spaces with an eco-kitchen for the local women’s association, followed by the re-habilitation of surrounding spaces. The new facilities will in-clude interactive educational playgrounds for children, winter and summer seating areas, and a protected bird habitat. It is an effort to bring life back to this abandoned site by combin-ing design, planning, restoration, landscaping, and infrastruc-ture, thus improving local living conditions and biodiversity, while adding to the aesthetic quality of Beit Iksa.
The jury greatly appreciates the project’s social and spatial initiatives to strengthen communities and their environment in a politically troubled region of the world. Specifically val-ued is the intention to rehabilitate a historic site with mini-mal means and to revitalize a community through the provi-sion of facilities for important daily activities – cooking, playing, gardening, etc. At the core of the project is the build-up of social and physical infrastructure – understood as a con-duit to empower local stakeholders and, most importantly, families and women of all ages.
Aye Al Tahhan, architect, Khaldun Bshara, co-director, Tareq Dar Naser, site-engineer and Yousef Dar Taha, architect, Riwaq – center for architectural conserva-tion, Ramallah, Palestine; Miriam Ozanne, mechanical engineer and Murray Fraser, architect, Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), London, UK; Nasser Golzari, NG Architects and Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), London, UK
Context Architecture, building and civil engineeringClient Women Association of Beit IksaBackground Public commissionPlanned start January 2014
Shatha Safi, Riwaq – center for architectural conservation, Ramallah, Palestine and Yara Sharif, NG Architects and Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), London, UK
Image 1: Women’s center building before restoration.
Image 2: Public space site before construction.
Acknowledgement
More at www.holcimawards.org/projects/adaptive-re-use
Image 3: Building under construction. Image 4: Building under construction.
Image 5: Public space design. Image 6: Women’s center design.
Image 7: Grey water filtration workshop. Image 8: Roof garden workshop.
Image 9: Public space three-dimensional rendering. Image 10: Public space three-dimensional rendering.
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