Located in south of Tel Aviv, Manufactory project suggests the redevelopment of an existing site built in 1960’s, Kiryat HaMelacha. Originally a place for small scale manufacturers, today it is a deserted space where the original residents are leaving whether it is because of financial hardship or their fading professions, and the entire block becomes a gritty area at night.

The project conserves space for light industry integrated with modern tech in the urban context to realize the importance of creating diverse employment in the city, while providing a solution for a range of diminishing employment opportunities as well as new professions and crafts, with an emphasis on local manufacturing.

The new design preserves original elements of the existing buildings of Kiryat HaMelacha such as the original building's grid and street and volume proportions and enhances them by adding more density and new uses. Instead of add-on solutions, the new design incorporates new infrastructure to support the new range of uses from work & craft, cultural gatherings, residential and educational spaces.

In the spirit of the original plan of Kiryat HaMelacha, I created flexible spaces for future development; Planning various uses with new open public spaces will have a ripple effect on the surrounding neighborhoods. The spaces within and in-between the structures could provide a gathering point for groups of different age, cultural background and ethnicities as well as a pleasant public space for the passersby, and by doing so, connect the area to the urban fabric.