Tel Aviv municipality to approve 10,500 housing units in northwest

[TeLaVivi]

Tel Aviv municipality to approve 10,500 housing units in northwest

Tel Aviv municipal engineer Danny Kaizer: This won't be another bedroom suburb, but a city-within-a-city, suitable for the 21st century.

Sharon Kedmi 30 May 04 13:11

The Tel Aviv municipality building committee plenum is due to approve a plan for the northwest part of the city tonight, after which it will be sent to the Tel Aviv Regional Planning and Building Board. The plan is one of the largest plans submitted to the committee in recent years.
Plan 3700 covers a 1,900-dunam (475-acre) site bordered by Herzliya to the north, Ramat Hasharon to the east, the Chen neighborhood to the south, and the sea to the west. The plan calls for the construction of a new northern residential seaside neighborhood on a site that has hitherto been marginal.

The plan includes 10,500 housing units and 250,000 sq.m. of commercial space. 712 dunam (178 acres) out of 1,874 dunam (468.5 acres) will be zoned for construction and the rest for public areas, including a 534 dunam (133.5-acre) park, of which 400 dunam (100 acres) will be beach.

Tel Aviv municipal engineer Danny Kaizer said the plan was a once-in-a-generation event. "We're preparing a plan for the next 100 years, just like the Geddes plan in Tel Aviv's early days [the plan for Tel Aviv designed by architect Sir Patrick Geddes from the early 1930, which remains the city's only master plan - S.K.]. Despite the inherent environmental and panoramic qualities of the area, it has not enjoyed much rejuvenation. The new neighborhood is designed as a complete planning unit, including residences, businesses, tourism, and recreation. This won't be another bedroom suburb, but a city-within-a-city, suitable for the 21st century."

Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on May 30, 2004

Although it means some serious construction and a few new towers , I don't think these are completely good news, this means more building along the beach and more damage to the cost line .
This program was quickly approved before the new environmental law of costal reservation would come into effect, so building contractors wont have to face the new regulations .

[RoM]

Sad its approved, it will ruin the beautiful wild coast...seems like Ashdod is the last city with real coasts left

[TeLaVivi]

Some (very general) renderings from the newspaper :

The future of north-north Tel-Aviv .




The big building in the center is the "Sea & Sun" complex - the only building that exists today .

[TeLaVivi]

Tel Aviv regional planning board approves the city's northwest plan

The plan includes 10,500 housing units, 250,000-sq.m. commercial and business district, and a 400-dunam beach park. The board also approved the Dolphinarium plan.

Sharon Kedmi - globes.co.il 20 Jul 04 16:11

The Tel Aviv Regional Planning and Building Board yesterday approved the city's northwest plan, one of the largest plans submitted to the board in recent years.
Plan 3700 covers 1,874 dunam (468.5 acres), bordered by Herzliya on the north, Ramat Hasharon on the east, Tel Aviv's Chen neighborhood on the south and the Mediterranean Sea on the west. The plan calls for a new seaside neighborhood in north Tel Aviv on a site that has been marginal for years.

The plan calls for 10,500 housing units with an average size of 120 sq.m., and a 250,000-sq.m. commercial and business district. The plan includes 712 dunam (178 acres) of built-up space and 534 dunam (133.5 acres) of public space, including a 400-dunam (100-acre) beach park.

The Tel Aviv municipality engineering administration decided to promote a revised plan for the area three years ago. Kolker, Kolker, Epstein Architects prepared the plan. The land is owned by the Israel Land Administration (ILA), Tel Aviv municipality, and private parties. The area is part of the largest undeveloped land area in the city, amounting to almost 3,000 dunam (750 acres) along a 5-km strip.

The aggregate value of the various projects in the plan is estimated at several billion shekels. Some projects, including Sea and Sun, the Neeman towers, Chen areas, Country Club, and the Colony Hotel (formerly the Mandarin), are already included in the new Urban Building Plan (UBP).

[Azazel]

That interchange on the left, is it Glilot Interchange? I am afraid I don't know where exactly is Sea&Sun&Theft-of-Beach-property is located.

[TeLaVivi]

Originally Posted by Azazel

That interchange on the left, is it Glilot Interchange? I am afraid I don't know where exactly is Sea&Sun&Theft-of-Beach-property is located.

Yes it is .

Here's a map, the area is the entire empty space on the left between the road and the sea .

[Azazel]

I think it's really cute the way they paste trees over sensitive strategic objects.


also, MUST REMOVE AIRSTRIP.

[TeLaVivi]

A new movie about the project

Project plan

[source26]

pffffff... a city within a city? why, because it will have 2-3
public buildings?

Its just another rich suburb planned for the wealthy.. no housing
units for young couples, no high density which is desperately
needed (after they remove that stupid airport which serves two-three
army generals to fly for vacation to eilat).

Enough lying to the public: Its a bad plan, it will ruin more untouched beaches with projects like steal & sun, and it will enrich only a few
private contractors

Same goes for Pi-Glilot area, tel aviv is becoming a rich-allowed-only city.
The density should be like Ir Yamim in Netanya - 20-25 floor towers at least, and more open green areas along the beach.

[TeLaVivi]

Originally Posted by source26

Same goes for Pi-Glilot area, tel aviv is becoming a rich-allowed-only city.

That's not true, north Tel-Aviv is the most sparsely populated area in the city, it is generally a rich area (except Yad Hahayall and Neve Sharet which actually are really poor neighborhoods) , but this can hardly reflect the situation in the greater part of the city ... you're just being hot headed here .

[Azazel]

I don't know, man, I am actually sort of optimistic: no low-rises, but rather multistory buildings ( not skyscrapers, but still, much better), I see plenty of space between the sea and the street... If done right, it could be great.

[source26]

and I see another boring neighborhood, with classic conservative design that says: watch out, sleepy suburbia ahead..

[Shohad]

Originally Posted by source26

and I see another boring neighborhood, with classic conservative design that says: watch out, sleepy suburbia ahead..

What’s the problem?! People want to live there, not to serve as models of Salvador Dali’s paintings.

[Azazel]

[q]and I see another boring neighborhood, with classic conservative design that says: watch out, sleepy suburbia ahead..[/q]

I see it for the better - You don't want yet another CBD in Gush Dan, now, do you?

[TalB]

Couldn't it have been built up rather than build so many smaller buildings?

[source26]

Originally Posted by TalB

Couldn't it have been built up rather than build so many smaller buildings?

agreed. Its not like Tel Aviv has space to waste!!
15 stories should have been the minimum.. and why single
towers and not large residential blocks like european cities?

[Azazel]

Why small? these are ~10 story buildings, a very respectable density.

[Azazel]

Large blocks look fugly, to be honest.

[Shohad]

I was thinking the same thing.

[source26]

depends how interesting you make them! they can look really funky..