A sharp transition between climates, diverse cultures and different nations clustered  in a short section of 5 km on Route 1, from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea. Area with an unclear political future and a present of cooperation accompanied by fear and suspicion alongside frustration and anger. The road passes from Western Jerusalem to the desert through the Mount Scopus Tunnel, and then between the neighborhoods of Eastern Jerusalem on its way down to Ma'ale Adumim and the Dead Sea. In the past, the regional importance of the road led to its construction, enabling passage between Jerusalem, Amman, and the Gulf states through the Arava. Today, the significant point along the road is the Hazetim Junction, designed as part of Jerusalem's ring road and located in a topographically convenient area for connecting the north and south of the West Bank. The junction is not just a traffic interchange but also an intermediate space between populations. This is its uniqueness. It is designed to separate the movement of Palestinian and Israeli vehicles by separate lanes that theoretically allow free passage for Palestinians from the south and north of the West Bank. The reason I chose the Hazetim Junction as the site for the project is its unique location as a separating or uniting space between Israeli and Palestinian populations. It is a place that creates an opportunity for passage between Israeli and Palestinian highways within an international movement system, and as a place for interaction between Israeli and Palestinian people living in the area. The project presents a vision for the development of the eastern gateways of Jerusalem, where Route 1 between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim passes through the neighborhoods of Eastern Jerusalem within the future Palestinian state. This situation is unique, without precedents, and creates a complex space where two nations and states inevitably meet. How can the space between Western Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim serve as a significant intermediate space and not just as a road leading to Ma'ale Adumim? What would a space look like where a road of one state passes through the territory of another? What is the correct way to plan in such a place, and how will the boundaries of Israeli Jerusalem be redefined in this area? The sociologist and researcher Homi Bhabha sees in intermediate spaces such as the Hazetim Junction on Route 1 a "third" or "other" space. The highway is a kind of extraterritorial space, a different dimension on land where life does not exist except for the passage of vehicles.  The location of a meeting space specifically above a highway, as an additional layer, intensifies its being a physical and cognitive space, distinct and neutral – a "third space." In his book, Bhabha metaphorically defines the concept of "third space" to describe a "creating space" where cultures, opinions, and not just people meet. The space is "new land," free of divisions, creating encounters and declaring a willingness to share. It is the edge of Western Jerusalem on one side and a connecting space between the neighborhoods of Eastern Jerusalem on the other. It serves as a place for creating economic and cultural connections between the peoples of the entire region. The project proposes a structure built on columns, 320 meters long, above Hazetim Junction, which does not try to imitate its surroundings but rather reveals a new landscape. This is an architectural object in the shape of a slab with various folds, observed from the road and from the surrounding towns around the junction – Al-Ezariya, A-Tur, and A-Zaim. The sharpness of the folds defines the areas where one can stay and walk. The object is connected to the towns surrounding the junction and to a promenade that connects to Mount Scopus. Thanks to the topography and the slope of the road leading to the Dead Sea, the folds of the slab create spaces of different sizes and shapes arranged in a sequence. Each space is a link leading to another, but distinct from it in its feel, light entry, and movement within it. The spaces are not directed toward a defined function but create different spatial experiences in which there is broad freedom for events to occur and for physical and perceptual interactions between people, cultures, and religions.