8/27/2013

Location before moving to Mitzpe Ramon and ways of linking

Ayala spent their vacation in Thailand and Israel with a stop Babodavi while Hannan and Costa country. Details and transfer information between them made ​​by Facebook
:Directions to Mitzpe Ramon

Ayala and Israela came Observatory by car from Jerusalem Mitzpe Ramon and equipment brought into the apartment contains among other things: table, chairs, kitchenware, mattresses, personal equipment and more

Hanan and Costa came by bus from Beersheba to Mitzpe Ramon brought a fridge, stove, mattresses, personal equipment and more 
Plan Apartment

  .The apartment is divided into three rooms + living room, 2 toilet, shower, kitchen and service porch
The apartment was not furnished at all, and furnished by minimal equipment

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Key points in Mitzpe Ramon

8/26/2013

Beralle's Stone Sofa

As part of a spontaneous architecture exercise in the Ramon Crater we were instructed to build a structure from 60 stones. The Beralle team decided to build a stone sofa facing to sunset that is framed between two piles of stones that were left in the former Ramon Crater's quarry.



   

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8/13/2013

Laurie Baker / Mud


Laurence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker (2 March 1917 – 1 April 2007) was a British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and for his unique space utilisation and simple but aesthetic sensibility. Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, he sought to incorporate simple designs with local materials and achieved fame with his approach to sustainable architecture as well as in organic architecture. He has been called the "Gandhi of architecture".[1]
He moved to India in 1945 in part as an architect associated with a leprosy mission and continued to live and work in India for over 50 years. He became an Indian citizen in 1989 and resided in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala from 1963 and founded an organization called COSTFORD (Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development) to spread awareness in low-cost housing.
In 1990, the Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in recognition of his meritorious service in the field of architecture. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Baker)

8/11/2013

Mitzpe Ramon - Early photos from Israel's National Photo Collection

1957 - Mitzpe Ramon, new town in the Negev

1958 - Mitzpe Ramon, new town in the Negev. each home, built by SOLEL BONEH, has its own water tank

1962 - Young family, Mitzpe Ramon

1962 - Children in Mitzpe Ramon

1962 - Mitzpe Ramon

1962 - Mitzpe Ramon

1963 - Mitzpe Ramon

1964 - Mitzpe Ramon

1964 - Mitzpe Ramon, arrival of a group of new immigrants from Morocco 

1964 - Primitive dwelling once used by bedouins, built with loose stone closing natural cave , Mitzpe Ramon
Source:
State of Israel National Collection