Bauhaus 28.2.19 (with TC)
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Dwelling
10, 20, 30, 40,
50, 60, 70, 80,
90, 100.
Ready or not, here I come!
Amy!
Amy?
Amy...
Here I am!
Okay...
Yay, it burst!
<i>Look how the girls fool around over there.</i>
<i>Just like Nitza and Racheli used to.</i>
<i>I remember.</i>
<i>They hung out with all their friends</i>
<i>in the large, inner courtyard.</i>
<i>There were no worries.</i>
<i>We simply went out to the balcony</i>
<i>and watched them play.</i>
Girls!
Girls, get over here!
<i>-There was no bomb shelter.</i>
<i>-That's right.</i>
<i>In the Arab-Israeli War,</i>
<i>we used to crouch down the cellar,</i>
<i>remember?</i>
<i>All the neighbors were there.</i>
<i>We filled bags with sands</i>
<i>as protection against the bombings.</i>
<i>Do you remember</i>
<i>the Haganah headquarters downstairs?</i>
<i>Of course I do.</i>
<i>Levi Eshkol lived below us.</i>
<i>He always brought us eggs and oranges</i>
<i>so the girls would have more to eat.</i>
<i>Back then people helped one another,</i>
<i>unlike today.</i>
<i>These blocks, these buildings</i>
<i>with their inner courtyards,</i>
<i>created a more communal form of living.</i>
Shir! Shir?
I have to go.
-Bye.
Shir, where are you?
Shir, honey! There you are. Come on.
We must go pick up Grandma
and visit Nitza. Let's go.
You know where I found
old photos of Mom and Dad?
At the apartment on Frishman St.
Just when Shir needs to...
-I have a few photos as well.
-I really want to see them.
This is the same building you live in today.
Back then, the idea was
creating a sense of community.
-Right.
-Now it's just random buildings everywhere.
-Each person to himself.
-Right, a tall building
-where you hardly meet your neighbors.
-Right, because...
-There's an elevator.
-An elevator.
Before we manage to say anything,
we reach the next floor.
Look, Shir, this is me.
It's funny, but this is me.
This is Chen and I.
-That's our house, Shir.
-Right. Your balcony.
<i>They say that the building</i>
<i>where we lived</i>
<i>was inspired by the Bauhaus style.</i>
<i>It's really ugly, like a block.</i>
<i>This is actually the purpose</i>
<i>hidden in the term Bauhaus,</i>
<i>a building built for functionality</i>
<i>rather than estheticism.</i>
<i>The Bauhaus was a movement</i>
<i>brought to Tel Aviv from Germany</i>
<i>by architects who studied in Germany</i>
<i>prior to World War II,</i>
<i>and then had to flee.</i>
<i>The most well-known was Arieh Sharon,</i>
<i>who built this neighborhood.</i>
<i>It is thanks to him that Tel Aviv</i>
<i>is known as The White City.</i>
<i>In planning these buildings,</i>
<i>Sharon meant for them to serve</i>
<i>the basic needs of the public,</i>
<i>in which life took place outside,</i>
<i>in a shared courtyard,</i>
<i>where the grocery store was also located.</i>
<i>But with all due respect,</i>
<i>couldn't they build</i>
<i>more pretty-looking buildings?</i>