Moshav Shorashim: Photographs of sketches

01/01/1979

Design Process, Drawing

Sketch by Christopher Alexander on which the settlement layout scheme is simulated with its major centers, when reached its completion. A blow up of a typical primary node is also sketched.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

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

Scientific Research

Drawings

Moshav Shorashim: Sketches of projected growth 01/01/1979

Architectural Design, Project, Sketches, Site Plan, Simulation Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

11 1/2"x22 3/8"

Scale:

1:2500

A sequence of five sketches by Christopher Alexander simulating the growth of the settlement over a 19-year period with increments of construction, which enhance centers existing latently on the site; the fifth sketch shows the final settlement layout scheme, with ...

Photographs

Moshav Shorashim: Photographs of sketches with project growth 01/01/1979

Project, Design Process, Drawing

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Photographs of a sequence of four sketches by Christopher Alexander simulating the growth of the settlement over a 19-year period with increments of construction, which enhance centers existing latently on the site.