Moshav Shorashim: The Dynamics of the Planning Process defined by the Center for Environmental Structure

01/01/1978

Design Process, Proposal Brief

12-page draft document outlining the essential features of the planning process, in which the families have a major input in all stages of the design process. It discusses the use of certain archetypal patterns as the basis of all physical decisions for the layout of common land and buildings, and introduces the dynamic aspect of the planning process for the settlement, as opposed to a static master plan. Twelve fundamental conditions, indispensable for the success of the dynamic planning process, are analyzed in brief.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Project

Moshav Shorashim New Settlement - Master Plan, Clusters of Houses and Public Buildings 1977 to 1983

Galilee, Israel

Master Planning, Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jul-1983

Client:

The Jewish Agency of Israel; the Ministry of Housing; the Garin Sof Ma'arav

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Amos Gitai, Howard Davis, Artemis Anninou, Nili Portugali

Contractor:

Jewish Agency general contractor and subcontractors

Project cost:

$3,000,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Generic rules for urban growth process Design Development drawings done after layout

Master Plan for a new settlement for Jewish immigrants with the social structure of a community, where land and work profits are owned collectively, but still each family has its own house. Unlike other master plans, it describes the life, the ...

References

Scientific Research

Master Planning as a Dynamic Process - Organic Order and Piecemeal Growth

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

It is simply not possible to fix today, in a Master Plan, what the environment should be like in the future, and then to steer the piecemeal process of development toward that fixed, imaginary world. Instead, planning and construction will ...

Reports

Master Plan for Sergev H: to be built in the Segev region of Galilee 01/01/1979

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Amos Gitai, with Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

166-page report on the Master Plan for a new industrial moshav, a type of cooperative in Israel. Unlike other master plans, it describes the life, the dynamic relationship between people and the environment, growth over time and is a prescription ...

Records

Moshav Shorashim: Open questions on the Segev H Master Plan for discussion 01/01/1978

Project, Design Matters, Outstanding Issues

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Three questions are typed regarding families on site, primary nodes, and central nodes.