The planning process and the spirit of the square

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89 The u npred ict abl e co ndi ti on s tha t are continuously developing on the actual site, create openings for new things . The order according to which the planning decisions are taken on the site is determined by the hierarchical order in which the planning patterns appear on my list governed by the rules - the syntax of the pattern language itself . And like in the spoken language where the order of the words is what gives the sentence its meaning, the meaning of the plans is generated by the order in which the patterns are applied . Decisions are first made on issues that affect the larger scale we have to confront at any given moment along the development of the plan, moving to other decisions generated from them . larger whole existing which I had to relate to at that moment . First I had to make a decision about the location of the main "gate" to my site, the threshold connecting my site and the square as a whole . This was a critical decision and not an obvious one when keeping in mind contemporary architecture in places such as : the diamond stock exchange district in Ramat Gan or along Shaul Hamelech Boulevard in Tel Aviv or any other office district in the world where pedestrians spend a lot of time looking for the main entrance to a building - they literally get lost . I walked up Idelson Street and then along Bialik Street towards the square . I tried to physically feel where the exact spot along the boundary of the site would immediately be visible once the square comes into sight . This spot was where I placed the "gate" . For example : when I started the design of The Music Center and Library, the square was the The planning process was not conceived as an additive process, but rather as a differentiating one similar to the development of an embryo . Each new element of the plan was differentiated gradually from the previous ones . Each decision taken on the site and marked on the ground actually changed the configuration of the site as a whole . The new whole configuration ) that was created and fully visualized ( on the site at any stage, formed the basis for the next decision . The final "layout" that emerged on the site was measured and recorded by a surveyor . Experience has taught me that decisions which may sometimes appear irregular and strange on paper, often make sense in reality ) where it comes from ( , and vice versa . A plan that appears perfect on paper ) where it was created ( may seem senseless on the site . So, if when looking at the "stakes plan" doubts arise concerning one or more of the decisions taken on the site, the correction is not made on paper in the office, but checked again on the site itself . The final "stakes plan" forms the basis for the final plan . h g The location of the gate was determined and marked on site . Ben Avraham Residence, Zichron Yaakov Designed by ) Nili Portugali ( . A traditional pattern of "Entrance gate", Safed . left ( ) The gate was planned between two existing eucalyptus trees, Senior Citizens Day Center, Tel Aviv ) Designed by Nili Portugali ( .

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