ABSTRACT
This chapter traces the role of the built form of housing in homebuilding process of twelve migrants from Morocco in various municipalities of metropolitan Tel Aviv. It gives a brief history of Moroccan immigration in Israel and the physical presence of Moroccans in the Tel Aviv region. The chapter explores the past houses in Morocco and present houses and apartments in Israel of migrants. The manner in which Haim and Sonia referred to their past houses was very detailed and warm. It is clear from both Haim's and Sonia's drawings, that they were both part of an arrangement of neighbouring houses and open spaces. The chapter argues that this feeling of warmth and sharing lives together has led participants to emphasise the feeling of community and to create a space that preserves their ethnic history through their settlement in Israel. Moroccan participants wished to foster the feeling of being part of a community through their home-building practices.
