The Arts Campus in the Neve Sha’anan neighbourhood of southern Tel Aviv is a joint venture of the Tel Aviv – Jaffa Municipality with the world-renowned Batsheva Dance Company. Batsheva will be the resident company on campus and will steer a contemporary international program across the wide spectrum of the arts. Batsheva will also operate a sophisticated International Dance Centre dedicated to all facets of dance education and practice.

The Campus will transform the compound of the historical central bus station of Tel Aviv into a green and shaded public square interspaced with state-of-the-art facilities, offering a variety of communal spaces for the diverse communities of Tel Aviv–Jaffa to relax, engage and interact. Situated at a key urban junction, it will link the southern districts of Tel Aviv to the city centre.

Architecturally, the campus is a response to the ethos of Batsheva, whose work under Ohad Naharin has articulated dance as a shared, borderless language of empathy and connection. This condition is translated into a physical environment that is open, porous, and accessible, grounded in collective experiences. Conceived as both a destination and a part of the public urban realm, the project brings together a 550-seat main theatre, a flexible black box performance space, an international dance centre with rehearsal studios, a shaded public piazza and landscaped gardens

The public realm forms the organizing heart of the scheme. The spaces between buildings create a continuous and intuitive urban field, supporting movement, encounter and visual connection to the activities within. Rehearsals, classes and

performances extend into this shared outdoor space, allowing cultural production to be part of everyday life. The central piazza operates as an open platform for performances and community gatherings, while the urban salon, located at the Main Theatre foyer, provides a more intimate interior setting for moments of reflection and exchange.

Designed at a human scale, the campus is tactile and legible, ensuring accessibility for a broad public. Positioned as an extension of the city, it enables artistic practice and daily life to intersect, establishing a year-round venue for performances, education and research, embedding artistic excellence at the heart of public life.