Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Request for assistance in re-negotiating a contract which in its current state is believed to be incorrect

01/11/1980

Contractual, Request for Feedback

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Yehuda Dekel, The Jewish Agency - Settlement Department, Jerusalem, Israel

Medium:

Letter Draft

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 ...