Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Request for basic data for microclimate study of the Segev site

01/12/1977

Design Matters, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Bruce Levin

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 ...

References

Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Communication regarding clarifications on the role and authority that Christopher Alexander and Amos Gitai are required to have in the project and that without the roles re-defined as such and agreed upon, the project would not succeed; also early draft of the second page of the letter 20/01/1979

Project, Contractual, Outstanding Issues

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Amos Gitai, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter