Louhelen Educational Center: Recommendations for the Louhelen Educational Center – Vol. II Preliminary Report on Facilities Design

01/01/1977

Project Report, Progress Report

34-page report, prepared for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States. It includes a pattern language for the Louhelen Center in Davison, organized in four entities: I. General large scale patterns to determine overall use of land; II. Overall configuration of religious center; III. Distribution of buildings and building complexes; IV. Patterns for child development center; V. More detailed patterns within the school.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Louhelen Educational Center 1977

Davison, MI, U.S.A.

Educational, Designed , Not built

Client:

National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i Organization

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Howard Davis

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Concept Design

The recommendations for the Louhelen Educational Center included a pattern language, prepared specifically for it.

References

Scientific Research

Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Pattern Languages in Practice

The first patterns were developed in 1967 by a group of people working together with Christopher Alexander in the Center for Environmental Structure. Between 1968 and 1976 the first pattern languages were developed and tested for particular projects undertaken by ...