Anat
Horowitz Harel

Anat Horowitz Harel is an architect and MA student in the Azrieli School of Architecture at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Talia Margalith.

Her research aspires to increase the participation of children in city planning processes, thus grounding their right to the city.

Anat looks at the case of Israel from an international lens, and her ensuing comparative research contributes to the scholarly literature in Hebrew about children’s right to cities. Her research uses qualitative methods including in-depth interviews with professionals in the field, assessments of fieldwork conducted by various initiatives looking to change children’s right to the city, and analyses of materials and products from relevant processes. Anat hopes that her research will help raise the awareness of Israeli planners and architects regarding the perspective of children on the use of the city and establish operative policy directions to promote built environment education (BEE) for children, thus deepening children’s knowledge of the urban environment.

Anat was born in Jerusalem and currently lives in Ramat Gan with her spouse and two daughters. She received her BArch in architecture and town planning from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Over the last 15 years, she has engaged in planning policy, strategic planning, and environmental planning in civil society organizations and now works as an expert in the field of sustainable public space at the Israeli Green Building Council. As part of her ongoing voluntary work, Anat represents the Israel Association of Architects and Urban Planners in the UIA Architecture and Children Work Program. In her free time, Anat likes to wander around cities in Israel and throughout the world.