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Urbanism in Israel Beyond Tel-Aviv Legacy and Challenges. MIU – Movement for Israeli Urbanism Arch. Irit Solzi Dr. Yodan Rof è. The Legacy. Safed. Ramla. Pre modern city cores. Acre. Jerusalem. Nazareth. The Legacy. Pre modern towns, villages neighborhoods Lod Rishon Letzion
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Urbanism in IsraelBeyond Tel-Aviv Legacy and Challenges MIU – Movement for Israeli Urbanism Arch. Irit Solzi Dr. Yodan Rofè
The Legacy Safed Ramla • Pre modern city cores Acre Jerusalem Nazareth
The Legacy • Pre modern • towns, villages neighborhoods • Lod • Rishon Letzion • Zikhron Yaakov • Gdera
The Legacy • British Mandate Inheritance • Palestine as testing ground • of new planning ideas • Ashby, Abercombie, Kendall, Holloway and Geddes • Garden Cities • Regional planning
The Legacy • British Mandate • Inheritance • Regional Plans • Haifa and Haifa Bay
The Legacy conservation • British Mandate inheritance • Jerusalem Master Plan and • Jerusalem Stone Rule still maintained • green valleys violated only recently
The Legacy 1918 Tel-AvivBefore British Mandate
The Legacy • Tel-Aviv Geddes Plan British Mandate Inheritance
The Legacy • British Mandate Inheritance • Tel-Aviv Geddes Plan
The Legacy • Tel-Aviv Geddes Plan British Mandate Inheritance
The Legacy • Tel-Aviv Architecture
The Buildings 2005 • Tel-Aviv Geddes Plan
Tel-Aviv Geddes Plan The Boulevards 2005
Tel-Aviv Cafés 2005
The Challenges • Continued population growth and growing affluence
Decaying 50’s and 60’smodernist housing projects & towns The Challenges
The Challenges • Stagnation of town centers
The Challenges • Rampant sub-urbanization and car dependent development
Fragmented and outdated planning practices • Many cities do not have valid master plans. • District divisions are outdated by suburban development. • Outdated planning law • Lack of public participation • Misunderstanding of urban design as large scale architecture.
MIU as a response e • Importance of Cities for Israel Survival • Urban living should be pleasant & fulfilling • Renovation & creation of public space • MIU the only NGO in Israel concerned with Urban development & urban design
MIU Movement for Israeli Urbanism • Over 300 members • First exhibition,May 2005 • Drafting MIU charter • Cooperation with other NGO’s • First Congress, December 12-13, 2005 • A conference • A planning event – charette
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