2024-05-19T08:55:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/10590287/from-kibbutzim-to-suburb Nam Henderson 2011-06-20T13:45:44-04:00 >2011-06-20T13:58:29-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/li/li9z9l32l9hr3xrx.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Kibbutzim are a hybrid beast, he says: they are rural in location, but urban in function. Kibbutzim were built as whole units in and of themselves, self-sufficient in everything from the food supply to education, culture, work and all other services.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Originally designed as collective farming + residential communities, kibbutzim have come under growing pressure as a result of the suburbanization of their surroundings.These new neighborhoods consist largely of single-family houses with a parking space and garden, which stand in stark contrast to the modest homes of the kibbutz members themselves.</p>