Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Nili Portugali gives a report to Christopher Alexander on what had been accomplished with the layout on the site of the houses and clusters, while referring to some remaining open issues. Construction materials and operations as well as the access road to the moshav are also addressed

24/04/1981

Design Matters, Layout Process on Site

Sender:

Nili Portugali, Center for Environmental Structure, Jerusalem, Israel

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

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 ...