Hansen House

Located in the Talbiya neighborhood in Jerusalem, Hansen House is set in a nineteenth-century leprosy asylum. In 2011, the Jerusalem Development Authority started the Hansen House preservation project in cooperation with the company Ran Wolf Urban Planning and Project Management. Today the compound is a listed monument due to its historical and architectural value and serves as a center for design, media, and technology. Its flagship initiative is Jerusalem Design Week, the largest and most influential public event dedicated to design in Israel, with a variety of events, shows, and international and local exhibitions. Launched in 2011, JDW is the flagship project of Hansen House, which initiates and hosts extensive and diverse activities to promote design in Jerusalem and Israeli designers in general. Every year, JDW focuses on one theme, exploring unique Jerusalemite and Israeli situations that carry international relevance. Every year designers and design teams working in a range of disciplines are invited to participate, develop new projects and ideas, and respond to the annual theme in their own way. Hansen House also hosts several permanent residents, annual events, a permanent historical exhibition as well as exhibitions gallery and is open to the public. The compound’s occupiers include Jerusalem Film & Television Fund, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Mamuta Art and Research Center, Ofaimme Farm's Coffee House and Erev Rav Magazine.