Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Requesting urgent call from Christopher Alexander; outlines the agreements made regarding the cessation of the Shorashim project including notes from a meeting held with Dekel, Krayn, Adv. Avigur

24/12/1982

Contractual, Termination of Contract

Sender:

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

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Telex

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: Details of agreement reached with the Jewish Agency lawyer, to cease contract of 9-Dec-1981 for the Shorashim project; included is the 24-Dec-82 telex from Gabriel Krayn to Christopher Alexander 01/03/1983

Project, Contractual, Termination of Contract

Sender:

Elisheva Shaked, Elisheva Shaked Advocate, Jerusalem, Israel

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter Draft