Moshav Shorashim: Project model

01/11/1981

Design Process, Model

Three images of the small scale balsa wood work model, in the C.E.S. Berkeley office, in which the overall proposed structure of the settlement was tested, before the layout of the individual building would take place together with the families on the actual site.

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

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 ...

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References

Photographs

Moshav Shorashim: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1982

Project, Design Process, Drawing

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, Print

Characteristics:

8"x10", B&W

Two site plans, showing the result of the neighborhood, when it was actually laid out on the ground, and as it was subsequently built. They depict the reality of form which comes from the process, building by building, and ...