Between two Kibbutzim
An article by Yael Bar-Maor and Shai Bacal Following the terror attack of October 7, 2023, a joint decision was made by two kibbutzim with a shared history—Kibbutz Be’eri and Kibbutz Hatzerim—to immediately establish a temporary residential neighborhood for Be’eri’s community within Kibbutz Hatzerim. The article reviews the newly emerged kibbutz model for times of […]
‘Atabet al Bab’ (Threshold): A Conseptual plan for a playground in East Jerusalem
Published at Testing Ground Journal – ISSUE 02: OTHER SIDES, University of Greenwich, London, 2019.
The Life and (Preventable) Death of The Kibbutz Communal Landscape
The article follows the effects and physical changes that privatization and suburbanization processes imposed on the landscape of the Kibbutz as of the mid 80’s, and proposes altenative design methods, better suited to the contemporary needs and social goals of the community, while preserving the basic qualities of the kibbutz space. The article was published […]
Breaking Down the Barriers in Downtown Haifa
The project presents a critical analysis of the physical barriers and social segregation that exists in downtown Haifa, and offers an alternative design, that breaks down the barriers and relates to the space as a shared platform. The article was published and presented in a conference organized by ECLAS, European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools […]
The Israeli – Palestinian Conflict, the Botanical Version
An article that explores the relationship between the territorial conflict and the botanical aspect, by studying three different plants: the pine tree, the olive tree and the sabra (prickly pear), their role in the landscape and their representations in art and in poetry. The article was published and presented in a conference organized by ECLAS, […]
The Roaming Forest: setting the public space free
An article that reviews the ideas behind the “Roaming Forest” project, designed by Ed Wall, Yael Bar-Maor & Mike Dring, and realized in “Timing 2010: The Biennale of Landscape Urbanism” in Bat-Yam, Israel. The article was published in the Landscape Journal of the Landscape Institute, UK, during the winter of 2011.
How will our landscape look like, twenty years from today?
An article by Yael Bar-Maor published in the popular Israeli news website: www.nrg.co.il, regarding issues for the conference: “Cross Section – the 9th Israeli Association of Landscape Architects Annual Conference”, November 2011. The organizing committee for the conference: Michal Ben-Shushan, Tali Wexler, Liat Hadar and Yael Bar-Maor.
Infrastructure to Heaven
The article reviews the plans to turn the site of Fresh Kills in New-York, from the world’s largest wasteyard, to a metropolitan park designed by urban design office, Field Operations. The article was published in the “Landscape Architecture” journal (Hebrew), of the Israeli Union of Landscape Architects. June 2004.
Work Plan
The text was written at a time when I worked in an office that was located in a building originally designed for the offices of the United Kibbutz movement, in Tel-Aviv. The building captured my heart with its rational design, typical of the 1950s. I met with architect Ziva Armoni who designed the building (with […]
“Build Your Own Home” in Dutch
The article reviews the design of two neighborhoods on the former east harbor of Amsterdam. The article focuses on the master plan of these developments, designed by West 8, and the framework that allowed the building of private residences in relatively high density. The article was written after participating in a tour to the Netherlands […]