Academic Course

Guidance and supervision of students in the Master of Architecture Program

1975

M.Arch Thesis and Professional Reports submitted for partial completion of the Master of Architecture Program.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander

Enrolled students:

Walter V. Wendler, Kenneth R. Costigan, Makoto Takashina

Contents

Course Material

Towards a Theory of Units 01/01/1975

Student Work, M.Arch Thesis

Authors:

Walter V. Wendler, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

267-page thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture. The subject of this study deals with the concept of organicness in relation to architecture, and with, which would be the acts that could ...
The Patterns of Structure in the Trobriand Islands 01/01/1975

Student Work, M.Arch Thesis

Authors:

Kenneth R. Costigan, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Investigation which provides a complete and systematic description of the settlement and building patterns to be found in the Trobriant Islands, using the methodology and the theoretical ideas of Christopher Alexander; written in 1975, but formally approved in 1996.
Integrated Processes for Communal Building 01/01/1975

Student Work, M.Arch Thesis

Authors:

Makoto Takashina, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

216-page Master of Architecture thesis; proposal of how to create environments based on the specific natural and sociocultural aspects of a community, using a grassroots organization and a user participation approach at all levels of the project.