Design studio on High Density Mass Housing – The Structure of Order in Large Scale Urban Housing

Spring 1988

The Spring 1989 design studio addressed large scale urban housing, and used Downtown Oakland as a case study.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201/202

Instructors:

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, under Christopher Alexander's direction

Enrolled students:

Holly Babe Faust, Annie der Bedrossian, James Maguire, Keiko Ono, Kyriakos Pontikis, Jeanne Ratcliffe, Karen Stanton, Michael Supina, David Tsu-Wang Sung, Anjali Yagnik

Contents

Course Material

Arch. 201/202, Spring 1988 - On High Density Mass Housing & The Structure of Order in Large Scale Urban Housing: Proposal for Downtown Oakland - Studio Review 27/04/1988

Design Studio Course, Class Work Review

Authors:

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Studio review invitation and list of invitees.
Arch. 201/202, Spring 1988 - On High Density Mass Housing & The Structure of Order in Large Scale Urban Housing: Proposal for Downtown Oakland - Studio Schedule 27/04/1988

Design Studio Course, Course Description

Authors:

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Design studio schedule for last 3 weeks of the quarter (April 27 to May 19).
Arch. 201/202, Spring 1988 - On High Density Mass Housing & The Structure of Order in Large Scale Urban Housing: Proposal for Downtown Oakland - Studio Description 01/03/1988

Design Studio Course, Course Description

Authors:

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Description of the design studio project and its requirements.
Arch. 201/202, Spring 1988 - On High Density Mass Housing & The Structure of Order in Large Scale Urban Housing: Proposal for Downtown Oakland - Final Review Organization 01/03/1988

Design Studio Course, Class Work Review

Authors:

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Twenty pages on the organization of the final review presentation boards with questions and suggestions on scale and layouts; reference to “Individual Building Layout” with notes and sketches on presentation boards layouts.
Arch. 201/202, Spring 1988 - On High Density Mass Housing & The Structure of Order in Large Scale Urban Housing: Class report titled "High Density Mass Housing" 01/03/1988

Design Studio Course, Class Work Report

Authors:

Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, w/ Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture & Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

The report includes the work of Arch. 201/202 design studio in the Building Process Area of Emphasis, taught in Spring 1988. The main ideas taught and pursued in the studio are clarified in its fifty two pages, while illustrated by ...

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