
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Thesis
For the first part of the research we have seen that there is a phenomenon
of real massive housing projects as the “Mamilla” project and others.
From our understanding this phenomenon is a direct outcome of the change from socialism to capitalism – In the 60’s, when Israel was occupied with providing housing for all its immigrants, the socialism approach was the most comfortable for providing equal housing for everyone, but with the globalization and the new urbanization of the last two decades, global wealth determines it’s place in the city centers, while other layers of the society are being pushed to the outer skirts of the cities, this process is called ‘the free market’.
The
Moreover, since
Since we believe that “Mamilla” is one of the first projects of its kind in
Is this phenomenon part of a global process or is it unique for
What are the potential outcomes and how do they influence the functioning of the city? What are the possible ways to deal/ react to this process?
In order to perform this research we intend to compare the diagrams (Body, Building, City, Environment, and Implementation) of different case studies, and see what the correct recipe for a successful project is, and what could be done differently for Mamilla.