Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Response to letter dated 26-Mar-1982, with information on the progress of design regarding access road, public buildings and infrastructure, and request for additional information regarding enclosed copy of original layout on site; also two pages of notes used for the preparation of letter

24/04/1982

Design Matters, Layout Process on Site

Sender:

Artemis Anninou, Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Eytan Orenstein, Moshav Shorashim, Haifa, Israel

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 ...

Contents

Correspondence

References

Scientific Research

The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...

Correspondence

Moshav Shorashim: Supply of further information on the design aspects of the work done by Dov, the C.E.S. Israeli representative, on roads, public buildings and infrastructure 26/03/1982

Project, Design Matters, Informative

Sender:

Eytan Orenstein, Dov Chernobroda - Architect and Town Planner, Haifa, Israel

Recipient:

Artemis Anninou, Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter