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One Land Two Systems
Both the past and the future can be constructed or destroyed - literally, through what we choose to build, protect and create in the physical world.
One Land Two Systems aims to make visible the reality of this 'state of apartheid' in Israeli architecture and planning. The project includes photography exhibitions and public debates, plus an architectural competition to design alternative planning solutions. Together, these activities will expose deeply cultural (and ideological) assumptions about the way we plan and design our own, and other people's, life-worlds. They have a very real sense of urgency - not just in the face of current developments, such as the construction of the Wall in occupied Palestinian territory, but also given the demolition orders for parts of Palestinian villages that are given out on regular basis by Israeli regional planners.
It is this often 'invisible' or 'unrecognised' reality of architecture and planning practices that the project sets out to expose. Israeli planning is an extreme example of a more general condition that can be found worldwide. Conflicting territorial claims (for example, for economical and environmental causes) are a fact of modern life.
"As architects and
planners, we acknowledge that we are major players in - or master puppets
of - Apartheid planning"
A decision by the Supreme Court in the landmark of the discriminatory land policy of Israel
An article by Zvi Elhyani
The zoo is one of the few common territories in Jerusalem
An article by Naama Meishar
Website by FAST Language editing by Jane Szita
"As the contradictions of Ein Hod and Ein Hud illustrate, the Israeli planning system is more a misguided reaction to architectural stereotypes, than a solution to real-world problems"
An article by Dan Handel
Ein Hud: The Long Road to Recognition
"Ein Hud's dilema is just a part of a much bigger problem"
An article by Muhammad Abu al Hayja
