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complex, zigzagging among the houses separate from
the movement of vehicles. As was the case during those
years, in this project too, the firm had to deal with the
uniform appearance of buildings stipulated by the city’s
municipal laws. This time, the required stone cladding
was mixed with reddish silicate blocks and incorporated
in a roughly finished concrete frame.

In the 1970s Nadler-Nadler-Bixon-Gil was
asked by the Ministry of Housing to plan a living
complex nearby, which was never constructed. Here, the
architects divided the dwelling units between two main
complexes: one comprising a row of apartment buildings
set on the rise of a hill forming an arc, while the other is
an array of detached houses at the foot of the hill, with
an open and sheltered yard between them.

In the early 1980s the plot was given to the firm
once again, this time at the behest of Jewish donors from
Belgium who sought to build a residential complex for
low income residents. As before, the architects divided
the area into two main units – a complex of apartment
buildings and a complex of detached houses – both
meeting at a communal synagogue and square, set
beneath a large decorative lighting element.

Section, 1960
1960 ,‫חתך‬

333 Residential Complexes, Gonen, Jerusalem