Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square

1974

Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.

Commercial, Designed , Not built

200,000 square feet of rental space for office and commercial use, to be built incrementally.

Client:

Miller and Facchini Developers

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Project stages:

Generic rules for urban growth process Preliminary Design

Contents

Drawings

Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings 01/01/1974

Structural Design, Preliminary Design, Details

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

12-page set of construction details with material information and dimensions, depicting the construction process from the foundation to the roof supports.
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Sketches 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Sketches, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

11"x17"

Color study of one building elevation .
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings - Site Plan 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Site Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

12"x24", 12"x20"

Scale:

1"=20'.0",

One hardline pencil drawing of the site plan of a specific parcel.
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings - Floor Plans 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Floor Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

12"x24", 12"x20"

Scale:

1/4"=1'-0"

Three hardline pencil drawings of the Foundation Plan, First Floor Plan and Second Floor Plan.
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings - Elevations 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

12"x24", 12"x20"

Scale:

1/4"=1'-0"

Three hardline pencil drawings of the South Elevation, East Elevation and West Elevation .
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings - Sections 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Section

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

12"x24", 12"x20"

Scale:

1/4"=1'

One hardline pencil drawing of Section A-A.
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings - Construction Details 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Details

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

6-page set of axonometrics depicting in a schematic way the construction process from the foundation of the building up to the roof construction of the second floor.
Master Plan for Walnut Creek Town Square: Preliminary Design Drawings - Construction Details 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Details

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Eight pages of schematic, hardline drawings, with large scale details of building supporting elements, with neither material information nor dimensions.

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Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Master Planning as a Dynamic Process - Organic Order and Piecemeal Growth

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

It is simply not possible to fix today, in a Master Plan, what the environment should be like in the future, and then to steer the piecemeal process of development toward that fixed, imaginary world. Instead, planning and construction will ...

Articles

On Construction 01/01/1977

Publication, Paper