Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine West Bank, AAU Anastas Building, New Palestinian Law Court Architecture Design

Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Buildings

19 August 2022

Design: AAU Anastas

Location: Tulkarm, Palestine

West Bank Buildings

The building is located on a triangular plot at the entrance of Toulkarem city:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Buildings by AAU Anastas

Photos by Cemal Emden

Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building Design

Main entrance to the courthouse with broad stone stairs that give onto an open urban plaza:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

Ground floor plan:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Law Courts plan
image courtesy of architects practice

The two buildings are accessed from broad stone stairs that give onto an open urban plaza:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

Finely-detailed stonework characterises both buildings as well as the courtyard and plaza areas.

The ensemble features two buildings, one for administrative facilities and the other containing 10 courtrooms:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

On a prominent triangular site in this West Bank town of 50,000 inhabitants, the ensemble features two buildings, one for administrative facilities and the other containing 10 courtrooms; the two are accessed from broad stone stairs that give onto an open urban plaza.

Main entrance hall:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

The concrete structure employed stone facing for the outer formwork. In the administrative building, the deep-set windows are shielded from direct sunlight by angled stone-faced frames; the courthouse building features galvanised, powder-coated steel screens that filter direct sunlight.

Interior view of a courtroom:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

The two buildings are arranged to form a planted courtyard, and circulation between the two is through two glass-walled corridors that are open on the ground level. Finely detailed stonework characterises both buildings and the courtyard and plaza areas.

Courtrooms waiting area:
Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Building

Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine Law Courts – Building Information

Award Cycle: 2020-2022 Cycle
Status: Shortlisted
Country of origin: Palestine
Location: Tulkarm, Palestine
Client: United Nations Office for Project Services
Architect: AAU Anastas
Completed: 2016

Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Cemal Emden (photographer)

Tulkarm Courthouse Palestine information / images received from Aga Khan Development Network

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