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Why Ashdod Feels Like a Parking Lot
Why does a city of 225,000 people feel like a ghost town, while a village of 5,000 feels alive? This episode unpacks the planning pathology behind Israel’s development towns like Ashdod and Modi’in. We explore how imported 1950s Bauhaus modernism—with its isolated zoning, tower blocks, and car-centric design—created vast, information-poor public spaces. Contrasting these with the organic, climate-responsive design of Greek villages and Spanish hill towns, we reveal how the "edge effect," visual complexity, and vernacular architecture create livable places, and why Israel’s rigid zoning and…
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