זהות האי-מקום

The threshold between Musrara and Damascus Gate in Jerusalem carries the historical and urban layers of the city, and the traces of a space that once existed as a boundary. This history has shaped a condition of physical and identity-based separation, while also creating a meeting point between different communities, cultures, and urban systems. Emerging from the tension between separation and connection, and between the existing and the changing, the project seeks to reshape the space and establish a new spatial relationship with Damascus Gate, while preserving its identity and existing layers. A system of levels, terraces, and voids is woven into the existing topography, creating continuity across the site and allowing movement, pause, and encounter. Alongside it, a fixed architectural framework defines a flexible spatial infrastructure for changing scenarios of use – market, library, and museum. Within a space historically shaped by separation, the project proposes a connecting and evolving environment, where the Identity of the Non-Place continues to emerge through the relationship between past and present, existing and new, and the different communities that inhabit it.