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Planning and architecture of modern Beersheba: between the celestial and infernal

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 28 (2024): Issue 4 (October 2024)
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Figure 1.

Beersheba's grid planning, 1938. Source: Tuviahu Archive
Beersheba's grid planning, 1938. Source: Tuviahu Archive

Figure 2.

Left: Beersheba's Israeli plan. The neighborhoods (light brown) were planned as disconnected amoebas, drenched in green, around an urban center (dark brown). The squares to the southwest represent the Ottoman town, designated to become a marginal neighborhood. Right: Neighborhood A (no. 2 on the map). Both plans embody a conceptual design detached from the desert reality. Source: Sharon 1951, pp. 58–59
Left: Beersheba's Israeli plan. The neighborhoods (light brown) were planned as disconnected amoebas, drenched in green, around an urban center (dark brown). The squares to the southwest represent the Ottoman town, designated to become a marginal neighborhood. Right: Neighborhood A (no. 2 on the map). Both plans embody a conceptual design detached from the desert reality. Source: Sharon 1951, pp. 58–59

Figure 3.

Neighborhood A in the 1950s – an isolated desert inferno rather than a green heaven. Source: Tuviahu Archive, Kol-Bi Collection
Neighborhood A in the 1950s – an isolated desert inferno rather than a green heaven. Source: Tuviahu Archive, Kol-Bi Collection

Figure 4.

Shielding against the desert. From left to right and clockwise: Aranne Library, planned by M. and S. Nadler, S. Bickson, and M. Gil, together with S. Amitai, 1968; Beit Yad Lebanim, planned by Y. Ratner and M. Shoshani, 1961; and the Municipal Conservatory, planned by Y. Rechter and M. Zarchi, 1970Photos by the author
Shielding against the desert. From left to right and clockwise: Aranne Library, planned by M. and S. Nadler, S. Bickson, and M. Gil, together with S. Amitai, 1968; Beit Yad Lebanim, planned by Y. Ratner and M. Shoshani, 1961; and the Municipal Conservatory, planned by Y. Rechter and M. Zarchi, 1970Photos by the author

Figure 5.

The student dormitories in Neighborhood C, planned by R. Karmi, A. Karmi-Melamed, H. Ketzef, and B. Peleg, 1968Source: Tuviahu Archive; Collection: Public Relations, Ben-Gurion University
The student dormitories in Neighborhood C, planned by R. Karmi, A. Karmi-Melamed, H. Ketzef, and B. Peleg, 1968Source: Tuviahu Archive; Collection: Public Relations, Ben-Gurion University

Figure 6.

Four “tent” interpretations. From left to right and clockwise: The Iraqi Community Synagogue, planned by N. Zolotov in the 1970s; the Faculty of the Humanities, planned by R. Reifer. A Niv and N. Magen, 1968; the Medical Library, planned by A. Sharon and E. Sharon in the 1980s; and the Negev Center, planned by R. Karmi et al. in 1958Source: photos by the author
Four “tent” interpretations. From left to right and clockwise: The Iraqi Community Synagogue, planned by N. Zolotov in the 1970s; the Faculty of the Humanities, planned by R. Reifer. A Niv and N. Magen, 1968; the Medical Library, planned by A. Sharon and E. Sharon in the 1980s; and the Negev Center, planned by R. Karmi et al. in 1958Source: photos by the author

Figure 7.

Public buildings with an inner courtyard. From left to right and clockwise: one of the inner courtyards of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, planned by A. Yaski and Y. Gil, 1968; the sealed building (top right) and one of the inner courtyards (bottom right) of city hall, planned by M. and S. Nadler, S. Bixon, and M. Gil, 1961Source: photos by Omri Oz Amar
Public buildings with an inner courtyard. From left to right and clockwise: one of the inner courtyards of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, planned by A. Yaski and Y. Gil, 1968; the sealed building (top right) and one of the inner courtyards (bottom right) of city hall, planned by M. and S. Nadler, S. Bixon, and M. Gil, 1961Source: photos by Omri Oz Amar

Figure 8:

Mat housing in Neighborhood E, reminiscent of the casbah. Headed by A. Yaski, the planners included A. Alexandroni, R. Karmi, T. Kissilov, U. Bareli, M. Chechik, B. Comforti, N. Zolotov, and D. Havkin. The latter two developed the mat housing. D. Zaslavsky and Z. Miller were in charge of road and landscape developmentSource: Ministry of Housing 1967
Mat housing in Neighborhood E, reminiscent of the casbah. Headed by A. Yaski, the planners included A. Alexandroni, R. Karmi, T. Kissilov, U. Bareli, M. Chechik, B. Comforti, N. Zolotov, and D. Havkin. The latter two developed the mat housing. D. Zaslavsky and Z. Miller were in charge of road and landscape developmentSource: Ministry of Housing 1967
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0044 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
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Language: English
Page range: 176 - 183
Submitted on: May 14, 2024
Accepted on: Jul 10, 2024
Published on: Oct 6, 2024
Published by: University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
Urban planning,
architecture,
brutalism,
Beersheba,
Italo Calvino
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography,
Geosciences, other

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