Moshav Shorashim: Minutes of meeting of the Professional Committee on its recommendations for the settlement plan

25/02/1982

Administrative, Minutes of Meeting

Summary translation of the meeting minutes, focusing on the committee’s principle endorsement of the plan, which is to be passed on to the consulting infrastructure engineers for the preparation of plans, as well as on the proposed amendments to the plan.

Authors:

Gabriel Krayn, Eytan Ornstein, The Jewish Agency - Settlement Department, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Content of

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 ...