ISBN:
9781477327845
,
9781477328545
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 297 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First edition
Year of publication:
2023
Series Statement:
Lateral exchanges: architecture, urban development, and transnational practices
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
307.1/40956942
Keywords:
Israelis Housing
;
Design
;
History
;
Human settlements Design
;
History
;
Architecture, Domestic Design
;
History
;
Human settlements Case studies Design
;
Israelis Housing
;
Political aspects
;
Human settlements Political aspects
;
Land settlement Political aspects
;
City planning Political aspects
;
Israel
;
Städtebau
;
Architektur
;
Politik
;
Westjordanland
;
Siedlung
Abstract:
"An account of the design of West Bank settlements from 1967, when housing settlements were still an abstract idea, to the present, when they have become hotly contested. It addresses the complicated relationship between politics and the built environment and questions assumptions about politics and the built environment. The author looks closely at five settlements-Hebron, Ofra, Nofim, Beitar Illit, and Pnei Kedem-to analyze the settlement movement, the country Israel has become since 1967, and, more broadly, "the production of space in sites of political conflict." For Shoked, the role of contingency is key: government policy shaped the design of settlements, but so too did other actors. As Shoked writes, "the analytic categories of expert and user, above and below, frequently dissolve in the unfolding process of design, construction, and inhabitation.""--
Description / Table of Contents:
Urban transplants -- Community settlements -- Quality-of-life settlements -- Faithful cities -- Outposts -- Appendix : planning, design, and development agencies mentioned in the book.
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