Rachel Kallus
Biographic Data
| ID | 6478287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Kallus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Kallus |
| SIGNATURE | KALLUS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6895-516X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Role of Conservation in the Production of Urban Space in Acre, Israel
In 2003 the Israel Land Administration decided, for the first time, to restore a residential quarter in Old Acre. The rehabilitation process marked a turning point in Acre's conservation. Hitherto, the “monumental” narrative of the Israeli national project stressed the archaeological ethos of the Crusader city. The new approach engaged instead a “social” narrative, requiring a focused attention on the Ottoman city. During a pilot project the flag…
Noise, nuisance, nuances
This study empirically analyzes the Ben Gurion International Airport (NATBAG) expansion project, with specific reference to aircraft noise measurements. Drawing on Actor Network Theory (ANT), the study traces a non-human actor—a noise level formula—that participates in the NATBAG planning process. In particular, we conduct an exploration of how a noise level formula engages different actors, concepts and entities, while also playing a pivotal rol…
Expertise in the Name of Diplomacy
After the September 1962 earthquake in the Qazvin region of Iran, Israel sent planning experts to assist Iranian relief efforts. A small project, the reconstruction of one village, led to a larger project initiated by the United Nations, in which a team of experts from Israel were sent to survey and plan the region devastated by the quake. This resulted in a comprehensive regional plan, and detailed plans for several villages. Israeli assistance …
Reconstructed urbanity
Re-forming the political body in the city
This paper aims to rethink the city-nation relationship as overlapping spatial oeuvres where political communities are produced and negotiated. It examines negotiations over inclusion and exclusion from the Israeli political body conducted in enclaves along the Tel Aviv shoreline by seemingly marginal groups of men. The groups studied-homosexual cruisers at Independence Park, the Circle of Drummers at the Dolphinarium and SUV drivers at North Sho…
From colonial to national landscape
The landscape’s continuity makes it a most efficient means for shaping the cityscape. Contrary to architecture/planning periodical historical approach, it is argued that the urban landscape’s dynamic requires a fresh outlook in order to portray its time–space linear structure. The paper examines the city of Haifa in transition from colonial to the nation‐building era through the landscape production mechanism that this article calls erascape. The…
Loose ends
A border is an ideological socio‐cultural construct by which communities define and defend their territory. But what are its formal and spatial configurations? How is the border architecturally conceived and perceived? This paper investigates these questions through analysis of three border typologies – the door, the bridge and the gateway – fostering a new discussion of architecture as a border‐making practice. It also relates to how architects …
The neighborhood council
The political role of the everyday
Through the discussion of housing and its role in the production of the everyday, Rachel Kallus develops the notion of the home as a political arena, exposing the space of everyday life as a battlefield where both national and personal struggles take place. She considers the case of the production of Gilo, a residential quarter built as part of the Israelization process of Jerusalem subsequent to the 1967 war, and its fortification process follow…
National Home/Personal Home
The massive investment in public housing for immigrants in the early years of the State of Israel has usually been presented in terms of the achievements in modernization and absorption of immigrants. A closer look at the State agenda reveals the dual role of public housing--the shaping of territory and the shaping of identity. This article provides a critical view of the hegemonic practice of the State in its formative years, in which the locati…
Patrick Geddes and the evolution of a housing type in Tel-Aviv
The typical Tel-Aviv ‘house’ and its resulting urbanscape are the products of the convergence between the plan prepared for Tel-Aviv in 1925 by Patrick Geddes, advanced architecture practice brought to Palestine by European trained Jewish architects, and social, economic and political realities regulating the developing city during the British Mandate. The Geddes plan is examined as a reflection of the period’s planning efforts and their influenc…
The neighborhood council
Re-forming the political body in the city
This paper aims to rethink the city-nation relationship as overlapping spatial oeuvres where political communities are produced and negotiated. It examines negotiations over inclusion and exclusion from the Israeli political body conducted in enclaves along the Tel Aviv shoreline by seemingly marginal groups of men. The groups studied-homosexual cruisers at Independence Park, the Circle of Drummers at the Dolphinarium and SUV drivers at North Sho…
Noise, nuisance, nuances
This study empirically analyzes the Ben Gurion International Airport (NATBAG) expansion project, with specific reference to aircraft noise measurements. Drawing on Actor Network Theory (ANT), the study traces a non-human actor—a noise level formula—that participates in the NATBAG planning process. In particular, we conduct an exploration of how a noise level formula engages different actors, concepts and entities, while also playing a pivotal rol…
The political role of the everyday
Through the discussion of housing and its role in the production of the everyday, Rachel Kallus develops the notion of the home as a political arena, exposing the space of everyday life as a battlefield where both national and personal struggles take place. She considers the case of the production of Gilo, a residential quarter built as part of the Israelization process of Jerusalem subsequent to the 1967 war, and its fortification process follow…
The Role of Conservation in the Production of Urban Space in Acre, Israel
In 2003 the Israel Land Administration decided, for the first time, to restore a residential quarter in Old Acre. The rehabilitation process marked a turning point in Acre's conservation. Hitherto, the “monumental” narrative of the Israeli national project stressed the archaeological ethos of the Crusader city. The new approach engaged instead a “social” narrative, requiring a focused attention on the Ottoman city. During a pilot project the flag…
Patrick Geddes and the evolution of a housing type in Tel-Aviv
The typical Tel-Aviv ‘house’ and its resulting urbanscape are the products of the convergence between the plan prepared for Tel-Aviv in 1925 by Patrick Geddes, advanced architecture practice brought to Palestine by European trained Jewish architects, and social, economic and political realities regulating the developing city during the British Mandate. The Geddes plan is examined as a reflection of the period’s planning efforts and their influenc…
National Home/Personal Home
The massive investment in public housing for immigrants in the early years of the State of Israel has usually been presented in terms of the achievements in modernization and absorption of immigrants. A closer look at the State agenda reveals the dual role of public housing--the shaping of territory and the shaping of identity. This article provides a critical view of the hegemonic practice of the State in its formative years, in which the locati…
The political role of the everyday
Through the discussion of housing and its role in the production of the everyday, Rachel Kallus develops the notion of the home as a political arena, exposing the space of everyday life as a battlefield where both national and personal struggles take place. She considers the case of the production of Gilo, a residential quarter built as part of the Israelization process of Jerusalem subsequent to the 1967 war, and its fortification process follow…
The neighborhood council
Loose ends
A border is an ideological socio‐cultural construct by which communities define and defend their territory. But what are its formal and spatial configurations? How is the border architecturally conceived and perceived? This paper investigates these questions through analysis of three border typologies – the door, the bridge and the gateway – fostering a new discussion of architecture as a border‐making practice. It also relates to how architects …
From colonial to national landscape
The landscape’s continuity makes it a most efficient means for shaping the cityscape. Contrary to architecture/planning periodical historical approach, it is argued that the urban landscape’s dynamic requires a fresh outlook in order to portray its time–space linear structure. The paper examines the city of Haifa in transition from colonial to the nation‐building era through the landscape production mechanism that this article calls erascape. The…
Reconstructed urbanity
Re-forming the political body in the city
This paper aims to rethink the city-nation relationship as overlapping spatial oeuvres where political communities are produced and negotiated. It examines negotiations over inclusion and exclusion from the Israeli political body conducted in enclaves along the Tel Aviv shoreline by seemingly marginal groups of men. The groups studied-homosexual cruisers at Independence Park, the Circle of Drummers at the Dolphinarium and SUV drivers at North Sho…
Expertise in the Name of Diplomacy
After the September 1962 earthquake in the Qazvin region of Iran, Israel sent planning experts to assist Iranian relief efforts. A small project, the reconstruction of one village, led to a larger project initiated by the United Nations, in which a team of experts from Israel were sent to survey and plan the region devastated by the quake. This resulted in a comprehensive regional plan, and detailed plans for several villages. Israeli assistance …
The Role of Conservation in the Production of Urban Space in Acre, Israel
In 2003 the Israel Land Administration decided, for the first time, to restore a residential quarter in Old Acre. The rehabilitation process marked a turning point in Acre's conservation. Hitherto, the “monumental” narrative of the Israeli national project stressed the archaeological ethos of the Crusader city. The new approach engaged instead a “social” narrative, requiring a focused attention on the Ottoman city. During a pilot project the flag…
Noise, nuisance, nuances
This study empirically analyzes the Ben Gurion International Airport (NATBAG) expansion project, with specific reference to aircraft noise measurements. Drawing on Actor Network Theory (ANT), the study traces a non-human actor—a noise level formula—that participates in the NATBAG planning process. In particular, we conduct an exploration of how a noise level formula engages different actors, concepts and entities, while also playing a pivotal rol…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (8 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (6 works) · History (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (5 works)