Moshav Shorashim: Testing of the rules for laying out a house on the site, with reference to a sequence of sketches

15/08/1981

Design Matters, Layout Process on Site

Comments on the rules for the layout a house on the site, after they had been tested by one of the future inhabitants of the Moshav; rules 1 to 26 with comments and a sequence of sketches, proposing suggestions for adjusting the rules. There is a second similar but not identical version of the comments, possibly by the person who tested the rules .

Authors:

Nili Portugali, Center for Environmental Structure, Jerusalem, Israel

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

Records

References

Scientific Research

Reports

Moshav Shorashim: Handbook for House Design 01/01/1982

Project, Project Report

Authors:

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

The original report, a 45-page document, on the process for the house layout process on site by the families under the guidance of C.E.S. staff, in three parts; Part I. Centers; Part II. The Rules; Part III. The Detailed Layout ...