The Cooperative Courtyard Plan, Merhavia Educational Farm
In his design for the Merhavia cooperative farm (kibbutz), Alexander Baerwald arranged one-story residential buildings and a two-story main building, used for storage and equipment, around a central courtyard. Kibbutz Merhavia is next to the Merhavia moshav (a different type of agricultural cooperative), established in 1921.
Credits
From Under This Blazing Light / Idit Levavi-Gabbai. (© 2012 Beit Avi Chai.)
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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