Israel in India: developing traditional craft techniques, a group of Israeli architects (who gave their efforts entirely free) helped restore focus to a devastated Indian community.Kutch was devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. by the earthquake of January 2001 which caused havoc in much of north-west India. Traditionally a very poor desert area, Bhopani Vandh lost many of its houses and its social centre. Israeli archiects Lavie-Amir offered to help the Kala KALA Kalaupapa National Historic Park (US National Park Service) Raksha Trust to create its southern home, replacing its rented accommodation. The Trust was founded in 1990 by Indian artisans and an American anthropologist, Judy Frater Fra´ter n. 1. (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. Frater house an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; - called also a fratery ltname>. , to preserve local artistic traditions (particularly embroidery) and to offer lessons in literacy. A four-hour bus journey separates Bhopani Vandh from the Trust's centre, so the new building can expand the association's activities greatly. Working with local people and learning from their history and craft skills, the architects adapted the local tradition of circular bungas (huts -- the origin of the word bungalow). Two bun gas had to be created with an innovative covered terrace between them for communal activities, and an outdoor washing area. Only local materials and building skills could be used. Beautifully dressed women constructed the earth walls in groups, but from eaves height upwards, the men took over, making the roofs from eucalypt poles and thatching thatch n. 1. Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing. 2. Something, such as a thick growth of hair on the head, that resembles thatch. 3. Dead turf, as on a lawn. tr.v. them with palm leaves and grass. The Israeli team decorated the bungas with earth paints, techniques imported from the village of Ludia, the headquarters of the Trust. Traditional decorations and kothlas, mud benches, finished the work. The task may seem simple, but its resolution was a triumph of teamwork and intercultural co-operation over great adversity. E.S. Architects Architecteam Lavie-Amir, Tel-Aviv; TalBashan, Jerusalem; Rajabahi & Lachuben Pachan Vandh, India Project team Tal Bashan. Yuval Amir, Lilach Strul, Avigail Sachs, Yoav Egozi, Mick Elkan MD, Gilat Parag, Dan Nir, Arnon Nir, Daphna Yalon, Daphna Hadar, Lital Shtrum, Sarit Alfasi, Ella Yungman, Michal Ottolenghi, Michal Sagie, Pamela Ulman, Roni Ulman, Vered Russ, Betty Salinger, Neomy Altman, Miriam Nemazof, Alina Ashbel. Naama Uri, Orit Ram, Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Michael, Sides Nira, Tali Tali: see Dali, China. Moutner Village team Rajabahi, Lathuben, Vankabahi. Mongiben, Ramiben Pachan, Waluben Bima, Waluben Deva deva (Sanskrit: “divine”) In the Vedic religion of India, one of many divine powers, roughly divided into sky, air, and earth divinities. During the Vedic period, the gods were divided into two classes, the devas and the asuras. , Kanyabahi, Sangahbahi, Devabahi, Visabahai, Rajuben, Lachuben, Lakiben, Lako, Deva, Mega, Hira Local collaborators Judy Frater, Kala Raksha, preservation of traditional art Israeli collaborators 'Masa Acher', Nirlat, Lili Films, Avi Egozi El-Al, Amir Israeli Foreign Ministry, cultural department, cultural attache Indian embassy Tel-Aviv, Rami rami [L.] plural of ramus. rami communicantes bundles of nerve fibers connecting a sympathetic ganglion to spinal nerve; categorized as gray rami (unmyelinated postganglionic fibers) or white rami (myelinated preganglionic Arnold and www.archijob.co.il Photographs Tal Bashan, Avigail Saths, Yuval Amir, Raml Arnold |
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