THE. bETROITAWISR efRONICLE
VOL. XXXIX NO. 15
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
DETROIT, MR- 11, FRIDAY, SEPT. 3, 1937
Architecture
NEW YEAR. EDITION
in Palestine b lwasReds,oite
Editor's Note: The following article describe, architectur a
l trd
en s
in the Jewish National Home in Palestine. The autho r just returned
The Architectural Forum in a recent issue devot e
from a prolonged stay in Palestine, and is now again engaged in art.
d a section of 16 pages to Palestine architectural
Among th e photograph s
in this section are the pictures of the Jewish Agency and Zionist he•d•
a rchitecture here, with offices at 3513 Woodward Ave.
quarters in Haifa; an air view of Nahalal, first of the planned settlment s ,
a large. circle of dwellings
The protographs illustrating this article were secured through the surrounded by farm lands; a new Palentinian school
built so as to be protected from sun and to create
courtesy of the Architectural Forum which recently published • good air circulation; • brief glance at the pavilions of the fair
in Tel
Aviv and • general view of the
special section devoted to building activities in Palestine.
fair; as well as the model of the 500-bed hospital to be built on the slopes of Mt. Scopu
s inJer:ls d ala en m d .
A rough sketch
indicates the location of the various departments. As a contrast between the
new
architecture of Palestine, two photographs of the previous landscape are shown.
Anyone who had lived in Pal- to stop and evolve styles based
estine in 1933 would have retained on traditions and history. The were
everlasting impression of that ditions the Immigrants had were
period. It was the peak year in little connected with Palestinian
the upbuilding of Palestinian history or faintly so, As a result,
cities and particularly that of the modern architecture in Pales-
Tel-Aviv. The city, Tel-Aviv, built tine stands as a symbol to the
on sand dunes, was conquering new life being created, There is
new territory. The whole area not a bit of connection between
with its bustling population was the ancient architecture found in
enveloped in misty clouds of dust. Palestine and the modern style.
Within these clouds the rounded There was no transition period.
sand dunes were giving birth to Future archaeologists will, no
a new city. New buildings, new doubt have no difficulty in prov-
streets were emerging with a fan- ing the fact that some radical
tactic swiftness: a wonderful change took place in the life of
metamorphosis of land into real the country, a sudden, abrupt
and definite building forms. A change — an overwhelming con-
new life was in process of ere- tract of new and old.
ation and with it—a new type of
At this point, it would be neces-
architecture.
sary to define what is meant by
It was only natural that the the term "modern architecture."
new architecture in Palestine Any style of architecture which
should follow along the lines of expresses modern life can be
the modern European architec- termed modern. At a first glance
tore. Immigrants from Europe it may seem to the layman that
brought with them modern living the modern style in (any) one
standards and modern housing re- country is similar to that of an-
quirements. The native Jewish other, but this would be just as
population was too insignificant incorrect as to contend that all
in numbers to exert any influence people look alike because they
as to the new style of architec- possess common features such as
ture which would be most appro- eyes, noses, etc. The living mode
priate. In the early stages of the of every nation as expressed in
upbuilding,,of Palestine, attempts the interior arrangement of every
had been made to introduce a home will soon manifest itself
modified type of the Moorish style in the exterior appearance of the
of architecture and the South- facades and so become charac-
ern Spanish kyle. It proved to be teristic of that particular coun-
unsuccessful. The new flow of try. True, the styles of each coun-
immigrants was too powerful a try can carry similar lines but
factor. There was no time to spare this is due to modern transpor-
—Cut Courtesy Architectural Forum
JEWISH AGENCY AND ZIONIST HEADQUARTERS AT HAIFA
tation methods whereby people
become much closer to each other
in ideas and ways of living.
Palestine as yet hasn't devel-
oped any specific type of architec-
ture, but it will develop it as time
goes on. Styles are not created
in a year or even in a decade for
that matter.
There is one logical reason for
Palestine no readily adopting the
modern European style: it fits in
very well with its oriental at-
mosphere. The flat roofs, the
square, stuccoed, whitewashed
buildings show up to advantage
against the blue skies.
But together with the worth-
while examples of modern archi-
tecture which Palestine has pro-
duced in the last few years, there
are also very poor ones. The
seeming simplicity of the mod-
ern style attracted to the pro-
fession a host of amateurs hav-
ing no professional education or
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