Neither Village Nor City

This book offers an in-depth overview of kibbutz architecture, detailing its history, evolution, and architectural essence. It explores the holistic nature of the kibbutz, from its early stages as a 'micro-utopian' commune to its development into an autonomous complex and potential 'macro-utopian' regional entity. Reflecting on the kibbutz's unique lifestyle alternative to capitalist norms, it delves into its beginnings, endings, and possible future directions.

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About the Author: Freddy Kahana
1927: Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
1939: Sent to England
1944-1949: Architecture studies at the Regent St. Polytchnic
1951:Married to Hannah Herzberg
1954: Joined Kibbutz Bet Haemek
1955-1990: Senior architect planner in the Kibbutz Planning Department: Kibbutz planning, housing, public, educational, welfare, etc. Research and Development
1954-2000: Project architect planner, Kibbutz Bet Haemek
1982-1989: Teacher and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture – Technion Haifa
1983: Member of planning team: “Kibbutz Settlement for 2000": The Development of Regional Settlement Planning
1990: Closure of Kibbutz Planning Office – Private practice: schools, public buildings, etc.
2000: Member of the Western Galilee Planning Team
1997-2008: Documentary research: "The Kibbutz Archive of Architecture and Planning"
2008: AIQ (Architecture of Israel Quarterly) "Project of the Year" award. Research category: "The Architecture of the Kibbutz" Publications: Numerous articles on kibbutz planning in English and Hebrew: "The Kibbutz as Urban Alternative", etc.
2008-2014: Neither Village nor City – The Architecture of Kibbutz: 1910-2010, in Hebrew and English
This book attempts a comprehensive overview of the "architecture" of the kibbutz: its essence, its history, its constant change, and its physical planning and architectural expression and management, and relates to this unique spatial alternative from a holistic viewpoint: the kibbutz in all stages of its development, from the kvutza as a "micro-utopian" commune to its physical configuration as an autonomous-autarkic complex arising out of its basic social, economic and educational structure, and its later stages as a potential 'macro-utopian' regional entity, envisioning a real alternative lifestyle to the capitalist metropolis. It is about its beginning and also about its end... and what might perhaps be its new future...

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