increasing concentration of authorities, population and

power by only one central city (tel-aviv) casts shadow

on the surrounding towns. those are being constantly

drained of their local resources.

urban diversity almost doesn’t exist in israel today. it is

generally tel-aviv as the secular civil center on one hand

and jerusalem as the political and spiritual center on the

other. but those two, no other significant urban identity

actually exist.

for more than half a century, planners tend to focus on the

city center as the root to the rise or fall of a certain

city: when urban renovation is required it is first the city

center that would be usually addressed.

i offer rather the city’s shell as a possible factor for

renovation inwards and a strengthen identity outwards.

developing each particular urban squad according to its

own character would achieve both visual and conceptual

diversity.

tel-aviv

bat yam

tel-aviv

bat yam