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1960–83
Proposal for a new
complex south of the existing
neighborhood, 1970s
‫הצעה להוספת מתחם חדש מדרום‬
70‫ שנות ה־‬,‫לשכונה הקיימת‬
p. 328: General view, 1966
1966 ,‫ מראה כללי‬:328 '‫עמ‬
329
Residential Complexes,
Gonen, Jerusalem
Residential neighborhood, 1960-66;
Community residential complex, 1980-83
The two residential complexes in Gonen were built
during different periods and for different populations.
Therefore, they speak in two distinct architectural
languages. The first complex, completed in 1966, is
similar in design to other projects the firm planned in
Jerusalem at that time. It consists of independent units of
detached houses with yards, each situated on a 100 m²
plot, arranged along three pedestrian paths that follow
the natural topography. The houses are planned in a
modular formation characteristic of industrial building
that emphasizes the basic module which appears in
combinations of single units, pairs and even quintets.
The layout of the pedestrian paths runs through the entire