Centrifugal Tendencies – part 2 A proposal for a new typology for a Culture Based Bedouin Settlement in Israel, the Negev Desert, Israel, 2006
In this project, Meridor confronted a dilemma: can one construct a project for another culture that has no written or physical history without imposing one’s cultural notions on it? The Bedouins are the vagabonds of the desert. For the last 1500 years, they have roamed searching for food and water, independent of states and borders. In the last century though, the development of transportation methods and surveillance technologies have allowed the government an unprecedented control of the desert. The Bedouins’ reaction to this recent attempt to impose order over their lives is what Meridor calls a “centrifugal tendency.” This is the tendency to disperse and expand. In Israel, this centrifugal tendency led the Bedouins to construct 34 unrecognized villages which do not appear on official government maps. The fact that these villages are unrecognized means that no permanent structure is allowed to be built there. However, around 45 % of Bedouins live in recognized townships constructed by the government, although these are the poorest townships in Israel, besieged with high rates of unemployment and crime. It is clear that a new vision is needed for townships that incorporate both the government’s needs to extend its jurisdiction and the Bedouins’ natural cultural customs and centrifugal tendencies. With this in mind, he designed this project...
Daniel Meridor, Desert Infrastructure, Centrifugal Tendencies Part II, 2006
Daniel Meridor, Centrifugal Tendencies Model
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