Israel lessons : industrial Arcadia / editors, Harry Gugger [and four others].

Zurich, Switzerland : Park Books, [2017]
©2017

195 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, maps, plans ; 31 cm

Teaching and Research in Architecture ; 9

This book, based on recent research at EPFL's Laboratory Basel (laba), offers a critical look at the area that today forms the state of Israel and the Palestinian Territories and the lasting historical role of agriculture, which sprang from the Neolithic revolution in the Middle East, had for a wide range of aspects of human social and ecological development. Topics considered include agriculture's role in territorial appropriation and domestication, in structuring the development of urbanization, in creating a national homeland narrative for the Jewish state, and in changing the climate. Israel Lessons explores in particular the three major types of Israeli agricultural development: vernacular Palestinian/Bedouin, socialist utopian Kibbutz/Moshav, and contemporary high-tech desert farming. Presenting findings through text matched to striking images, graphics, and maps, and featuring proposals for architectural intervetions, Israel Lessons demonstrates how facts and narratives related to agriculture and the climate crisis are intertwined with geopolitics and sectarian ideals of an earthly paradise.

9783038600879 (paperback)
3038600873 (paperback)

Industrialization Environmental aspects Israel.
Architecture Environmental aspects Israel.
Architecture, Industrial Israel.
Landscapes Israel.
Industrialisation Aspect de l'environnement Israël.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement Israël.
Architecture industrielle Israël.
Paysages Israël.
Architecture Environmental aspects
Architecture, Industrial
Industrialization Environmental aspects
Landscapes
Israel

Gugger, Harry, 1956- editor.
Teaching and Research in Architecture ; 9.

Location: Library main 300631
Call No.: BIB 246829
Status: Available