Moshav Shorashim: Agreement between The Jewish Agency for Israel and Center for Environmental Structure

09/12/1981

Contractual, Design Services Agreement

11-page signed agreement between the Jewish Agency of Israel and the Center for Environmental Structure, signed by both parties and stating the specific services to be performed and responsibilities of the “architect” and the “client”; in addition, three drafts of the same, one in Hebrew.

Authors:

I. Bar-On, The Jewish Agency for Israel, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Language:

English, Hebrew

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

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References

Correspondence

Reports

Records

Moshav Shorashim: Notes expressing disagreement for the editing of section 7.4 of the contract, without consulting 01/01/1981

Project, Contractual, Notes

Authors:

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

Handwritten notes for a telex to be sent to the lawyer in Israel regarding the omission of a key phrase in the contract.