Architecture of Collective LivingAUTONOMA, July 1, 2016

Rafi Segal

 SOCIAL MEDIA DOES NOT REPLACE THE NEED FOR PHYSICAL COMMUNITY BUT RATHER ENHANCES IT 

DISPERSAL AS A GIVEN: THE WORLD IS BECOMING MORE URBAN BUT CITIES ARE NOT NECESSARILY BECOMING DENSER

 MORE SPACE ≠ MORE MONEY

 URBANISM ENABLES COMMUNITY, ARCHITECTURE EXPRESSES COLLECTIVITY

Rafi Segal A+U, Stan Allen

Project and Research Team: Jessica Turnbull, Chris Oliver, Manyan Lam, Loren Yu, Jesus Yepez Mendoza                      Exhibition Team: Matt McMahon, Jessy Yang

The kibbutz emerged in the 20th century as a voluntary collective settlement type based on equality, mutual aid and communal life.Initially guided by a strong social idealism, full economic and social partnership, where everything was shared and divided equality among the community, and governed by direct democracy of the community members.

A. D. Gordon (1856 -1922) saw much of socialism as “mechanical”, argued that a change in the structure of society must occur together with a

change in the relation of man to nature, on the individual level. The experience of land labor linked the individual to nature and to the hidden

aspects of being.

Changes in Israeli society and economy – privatization, market pressures, the move away from social welfare . . .capitalism

The family replaces the individual as the community ‘member’

 21st CENTURY

GROWING INTEREST OF YOUNG FAMILIES IN THE NEW KIBBUTZ AS A HYBRID MODEL OF COLLECTIVE-PRIVATE LIFE

PRACTICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL (?) REASONS: HIGH COST OF LIVING IN THE CITY AND SUBURB

PARTICIPATION IN AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY, ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION

DESIRE FOR ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE

LESS CAR DEPENDENT LIFE WITHIN LOW DENSITY, MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE THAN SINGLE FAMILY SUBURB.

Rafi Segal A+UResearch & Design Team: Benjamin Albrecht, Joshua Eager , Gili Merin, Weiqian LiuEarly Phase Team Members: Daniel Rauchwerger, Dorit Aviv, Yair Titelboim, Ivi Diamantopoulou, Yael Arazi, April Wu.

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