Designer Ron Arad has revealed plans to build a cancer treatment centre in the West Bank, which will serve Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Druze communities in both Israel and Palestine.
Located at the Ha-Emek Medical Centre in northern Israel, the facility will for the first time offer specialist cancer treatment for the residents of the conflict zones, which includes the cities of Jenin and Nablus.

London-based Ron Arad Architects envisions the 11,000-square-metre building as a three-storey tiered structure that follows the slope of the terrain, creating a series of indoor and outdoor spaces for patients.
"The joy and the rewards of engaging in the design of a hospital are huge," explained Arad, who was born in Tel Aviv and was also the designer of Israel's first design museum.
"The fact that the objectives and aims are very clear ? the well-being of the patients, and of course staff ? doesn't lead you to compromise any of the architectural and visual values," he said. "On the contrary, it enhances it."

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The building will be named Beit Shulamit, or Shulamit House, after the late paediatrician and philanthropist Shulamit Katzman ? in recognition of a large donation made to the project by the Katzman Family Foundation.

"In naming the project Beit Shulamit, I sought to make the hospital a more inviting, less daunting pr...