The Municipality of Ramat Gan initiated the rehabilitation of the Kofar Stream, a watercourse that for many years had been a source of recurring flooding across the city during heavy rainfall events. As part of a “water-sensitive city” approach, the municipality decided to regulate the stream’s infrastructure within a large-scale strategic project and secured significant funding from the European Union. To this end, the city partnered with three strategic stakeholders: Shenkar – Engineering. Design. Art, Bar-Ilan University, and the environmental organization Adam Teva V’Din.
In my role as Head of the Sustainability Center at Shenkar, I led the project in collaboration with the Municipality of Ramat Gan and various units within Shenkar. The work focused on monitoring surface runoff, developing statistical databases for rainfall events, and evaluating nature-based solutions for water treatment and groundwater recharge. In parallel, I led the environmental development of the stream banks together with Shenkar’s Department of Building and Environmental Planning, as part of a comprehensive effort to advance urban nature and improve the public realm.
