מעבר לקצה

The project “Beyond the Edge” focuses on the village of Ghajar, a village with a distinctive cultural and social identity, located at a sensitive point of encounter between borders, landscape, and topography. The village’s complex location, together with its strong communal character and unique built fabric, creates a network of relationships between place, residents, and the surrounding landscape. The project proposes a process of development and expansion for Ghajar, rooted in the existing fabric and the local values that characterize it. Rather than viewing expansion as the creation of a new space disconnected from the existing village, the design seeks to extend what is already there, build upon it, and develop it into a new spatial system. The process begins at the scale of the village, through the expansion of the existing fabric, the creation of continuity in movement and public spaces, and the strengthening of the relationship between the village and the landscape. It then extends toward a key point where a new public building is introduced. The building serves as a public and community hub that brings together a range of activities, allowing residents to create, learn, meet, and engage within a shared space. Rather than standing as an isolated object, the building is integrated into the broader development of the village, establishing a continuous relationship between the street, public space, and landscape. By combining the expansion of the village with the creation of a new public hub, the project seeks to establish a framework for future development, one that strengthens community life and local activity while preserving the existing identity and character of Ghajar. In this way, the expansion and the building operate together as a single process: a process of continuity, development, and the opening of new possibilities- beyond the existing edge of the village.