After a dispute regarding the site of the proposed District Court in the first competition (First entry available to view on our website), a new location for the court was selected for the new District Court complex and a second competition was announced.

As before, the design competition was for the 65,000 sqm new District Court complex, located this time at the entrance to Jerusalem. The proposal contains dozens of functions, several courtrooms, strict separation of circulation routes (public, judges, prisoners), crowd control design and security measures, offices and an underground parking lot.

The aim is to create a distinguished building on the one hand, echoing the essence of traditional Jerusalem stone architecture, and on the other hand present a contemporary interpretation. Thus, the heavy stone exterior was cut at several points, creating multiple atriums where the public can approach the court halls. The stone walls were also perforated to allow some of the strong sun radiation to the corridors along it.