Adaptive Reuse: The aim of conservation should be the daily utilization of historic buildings since this integrates the structures into the community and is one of the best methods to protect it against physical damage. Some creative solutions have been found for adaptive reuse of neglected buildings by restoring the structure to use through providing modern facilities while protecting the historic and architectural features.
The Centre was established 80 years ago by an American resident, Bertha Spafford Vester, as a charitable institution to improve the health of Jerusalem’s children. The Centre occupies a complex of attached buildings inside a northern section of the walled
Adaptive Reuse: The aim of conservation should be the daily utilization of historic buildings since this integrates the structures into the community and is one of the best methods to protect it against physical damage. Some creative solutions have been found for adaptive reuse of neglected buildings by restoring the structure to use through providing modern facilities while protecting the historic and architectural features.
The building is located in al-Sa’deyya neighbourhood in the Old City of Jerusalem, located in a traditionally designed house consisting of two floors surrounding a small open courtyard with another adjacent yard on the 2nd floor. The Centre for Social a
Located in the centre of the Old City, the buildings in this exceptional complex date from the Ottoman period. Originally built as a residence and used as a school during Jordanian rule, the Arab Blind Association rented the complex in 1954 to serve the blind in Jerusalem. The three levels of buildings surrounding beautiful gardens are used as workshops for the blind, offices and services. The restoration project included introducing new infrastructure, tiling the courtyards and adapting some of the buildings to accommodate the special needs of the blind.
The Club is situated in a building owned by St. Antony’s Monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem, next to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher; this location makes it an invaluable part of the urban structure of Jerusalem. The club will be used for sports, cul
The housing renewal component is a major part of OCJRP activities since the programme establishment, consisting around 70% of its projects.
Syrian orthodox club was established in 1922; and was attached to the Syrian school in the Al-Qatmon in West Jerusalem and its activities were extended to the year 1948, where the club activates were stopped as a result of Israeli-Arab war.
The re-opening of the new branch of the club was in 1956 in the Old City of Jerusalem, which located near of St. Mark Syrian orthodox convent, and still to this day, the activities carried out by the club is diverse between Scouting , the social and sports activities.
Adaptive Reuse:
The aim of conservation should be the daily utilization of historic buildings since this integrates the structures into the community and is one of the best methods to protect it against physical damage. Some creative solutions have been found for adaptive reuse of neglected buildings by restoring the structure to use through providing modern facilities while protecting the historic and architectural features.
• an abandoned house was converted into the Old City headquarters for the OCJRP office
This historic structure, possibly used as a Crusader church, tannery and carpentry at one time, had been closed and abandoned for decades. It required major restoration and heavy structural consolidation as it suffered from humidity and physical deteriora
