Selected Projects

A movie featuring SAYA in the documentary web series “Chipping Away”

The Chipping Away documentary web series profiles some of the newest and most creative civil society peace projects underway in Israel and Palestine. We invite you to watch part 1 of the series – featuring SAYA/ Design for Change (www.chippingawayseries.org) Read more

ARCHITACTICS is now displaying at USIP, Washington DC

ARCHITACTICS exhibit now on at USIP in Washington, DC Read more

Is Peace Possible? the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinain conflict

“Is Peace Possible?” examines the opportunities and challenges of reaching a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and a future state of Palestine Read more

Fields of Memory- Atlantic City Holocaust Memorial proposal

Linking the lost and the existing, the absent and the present, a site for commemoration with leisure urban activity: We proposed a semi surreal holocaust memorial, appearing as a rust looking wheat field which seems to have sprung out of the existing boardwalk to surround a reflecting pool.
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An Educational Recycling Park, Kfar Saba, Israel

Outdoor Recycling park along with a re-use workshop Read more

Approaches for the Palestinian Re-Use of Evacuated Israeli Settlements

This work analyzes the settlements in both their current and future context. Their potential role and re-use is evaluated accordingly, as they are addressed in various scales- national, regional, urban, and building scales. Read more

Jerusalem Annex to the Geneva Accord

00_The Geneva Accord and Annexes

The annex to the Geneva Accords addresses the planning and design challenges that will arise from the delineation of a border through Jerusalem. It proposes planning, design, and urban strategy measures to ensure the political resolutions are implemented for the benefit of both sides of the city. Read more

A City Border and Crossing point along Road 60, Jerusalem (2006, revisited 2008)

The project provides a conceptual design for an Israeli-Palestinian crossing in Jerusalem, exploring and addressing the challenges an inner city division will raise. Read more