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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches – Cluster of Houses experimental process
8 8th step – Finalizing common land and the twelve surrounding properties
Eight sketches depicting a step-by-step process followed by twelve families for the formation of the common land in a cluster of houses.
Drawing:
- 1st step - Recording existing conditions on site
- 2nd step - Position and extent of common land and main paths connecting it to existing houses
- 3rd step - Adding volumes, porches, garden walls, etc. to start shaping paths and common land area
- 4th step - Continuing along the same line, paying attention to the space of the open spaces, the paths, and individual lots
- 5th step - Focus on the shape and edges of the commomn land; trees, low structures, pergolas are added
- 6th step - Final shape and articulation of the common land and smooth continuity with adjacent path and structures
- 7th step - Final repairs and improvements in shapes of open spaces, gardens, volumes and transitions
- 8th step - Finalizing common land and the twelve surrounding properties
References
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Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages
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 ...
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Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules
Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches - Town Growth for 1973
7 7) 'Scattered Work' pattern
01/01/1972
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.
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches - Neighborhoods
9 9) Interaction of user groups participating in the project
01/01/1972
Sequence of nine sketches depicting the process of organizing and laying out 350 houses in three distinct neighborhoods by involving various user groups. One user group determining the overall location of housing and its large-scale patterns, and three subgroups determining ...
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches - Apartment Building Plans
8 Third example of family apartment
01/01/1972
Five drawings describing a rough sequence of design steps to be followed be the user-families for designing an apartment building, applying one basic pattern at each step, followed by three more drawings depicting examples of various apartment designs, that such ...
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