Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches – Town Growth for 1973

01/01/1972

Architectural Design, Sketches, Site Plan

Sequence of seven sketches on a regional map, each one illustrating the implementation of a pattern as one of the guiding principles for the design process of a future town development. The patterns refer to large scale design issues.

Drawing:

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

13"x17 1/4", 18"x23"

Scale:

1:10000

Content of

Project 1 Items

Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta 1972

Marsta, Sweden

Master Planning, Designed, Design Competition, Proposal submitted in 1970

Client:

Johaness Olivegren

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Generic rules for the layout on the site by users Generic rules for urban growth process Implementation process

Master Plan based on the fundametal idea of a planning process which allows the planning office of Sigtuna Marsta commune together with representative users to make planning decisions for themselves. The process, organized on the basis of four elements "Pattern ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

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 ...

Drawings 7 Items

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Photographs 1 Items

Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta - Town Growth for 1973: Photographs on design process 01/01/1972

Project, Design Process, Patterns for Project

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

14 3/4"x19 1/2", 6 1/2"x9", B&W

Digitized

Nine images of sketches on a regional map, each one illustrating the implementation of a pattern as one of the guiding principles for the design process of a future town development. The patterns refer primarily to large scale design issues.