The Kidron dry riverbed runs from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, a distance of 33 kilometers, through areas of the Palestinian Authority. About 30% of the capital’s raw sewage is sent to the river, untreated. In stark contrast to very serious ecological damage caused by the sewage and the poor condition in East Jerusalem, the Kidron basin is of immense importance, locally and worldwide, as a unique cultural landscape. The Kidron basin holds an important link between Jerusalem and the desert, and along it are countless sites holy to three religions. The goal of the masterplan for the Kidron basin was to design for the ecological restoration of the entire basin and suggest the promotion of different projects, which will help the physical and social restoration of the basin and its inhabitants.

Chief architect: Avital Hagai
Client: dead Sea Drainage Authority
Committee chairperson: Prof. Reuven Laster – Adv
Design team head: Arie Rahamimoff, Liora Meron
Architects and City Planners
Archeology and Heritage:  Avner Goren
Master plan, 2011;implementation Plan, 2013
Link to the master plan website