Dreaming Gardens

by Helphand, Kenneth I.

• ISBN13: 9781930066069
• ISBN10: 1930066066
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Center for Amer Places Inc

Summary

Israeli landscape architects have been integral to their country's development, designing places that have become symbolic icons of the nation. The Valley of the Destroyed Communities at Yad Vashem, Haas-Sherover Promenade in Jerusalem, Ben Gurion's gravesite at Sde Boker, Yarkon Park of Tel Aviv, all of Israel's national parks, university campuses, most kibbutzim, and even entire cities have been designed and planned by Israel's landscape architects. Yet despite their unique contribution to the nation's identity, their work is largely unknown outside Israel.

Dreaming Gardens is a pioneering work that provides, for the first time, a framework for understanding the contributions of landscape architecture in the creation of Israel. The development of the landscape architecture profession in Israel paralleled the development of the state, as immigrants brought skills and ideas from the Diaspora, creating a unique opportunity for designers to help shape their national identity. Helphand's clear writing, complemented by copious color illustrations, charts the shif

Author Biography

Kenneth Helphand is professor of landscape architecture at the University of Oregon and a frequent visiting professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	3	(6)
PART I: The Vocabulary of Design
Garden and Landscape: Gan and Nof	9	(12)
Talmud and Ulpan	21	(6)
Stone	27	(8)
Water	35	(10)
Plants	45	(14)
Shaping Space	59	(22)
Culture of Use	81	(8)
PART II: Speaking a Landscape Language
Inside/Outside: Ha-aretz/Hutz-la-aretz	89	(20)
Designing Change	109	(26)
Shaping Time	135	(18)
Making the Frame	153	(58)
The Next Generation	211	(10)
Glossary	221	(6)
Further Reading	227	(6)
Index	233	(8)
About the Author	241