Palestinian Craft Center
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2019
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Omar, Heba
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The project included two sections; the first one is the restoration of the rest of the Hijaz railway building and to return it to the basic condition with the addition of some modern techniques. The function is a heritage museum. The other section is the design of an integrated crafts center that includes Khan Market, The shops of each workshop, in addition to the outer squares, a multi-purpose hall and special areas of the external exhibition, helped to establish the market nature of the selected land level.
The first floor is divided into two sections, which contained the institute and was central and the other section contained a restaurant and cafeteria for the whole area.
The Institute of Arts and Crafts Education is for each person who finds himself in the same capacity and efficiency regardless of the level of education and included all categories, in addition to the existence of an exhibition at the end, which contains a special showroom for the work of the students of the Institute.
The second floor include the administration, a library for students enrolled in the Institute, as well as a computer lab and other teaching classes.
The center included one basement floor and was a garage for cars, it also contain stores and elevators service.
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The idea included several aspects, including the chosen location and the main objective of the project, in addition to the surrounding culture and society. The establishment of a market within the center was mainly a simulation of the planning in the old town. It also included the use of Al-qasaba system, as traditional architecture, for market entrances and creating the element of thrill and surprise. In addition to taking care of the direction of the central courtyard to obtain a better internal environment and climate suitable for markets and directing them inward to make a safe internal shopping path... The interest was the integration of contemporary technologies in the old style of planning where the Full internal views of transparent glass with the steel columns up to three floors an example of the craft industry and the remarkable development.
The Mashrabiya system which was used in the traditional architecture, is used in the project as a skin facades to reflect the character of the Arab culture and heritage. The exterior facades included small openings, the large parts of which were covered with ornamentation.