Manuscript

Podunk, New York: A Village for 200 People, with Beautiful Small Houses at a Price that Ordinary People Can Afford, a New American Dream, Created by a Grass-roots Housing Process

31/03/1992

Project Report Draft

Working draft for discussion, sent to Osmo Heila as overall plan and scheme.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Planned Development of Sixty-five Low Cost Houses 1990 to 1994

Podunk, NY, U.S.A.

Low Cost Housing, Designed , Not built

Client:

Podunk Neighborhood Development - Mr. Osmo Heila

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Project cost:

Expected project cost: $7,000,000

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for layout on the site by users Implementation process

Proposal for a new community of 200 people in a thirty acre site in Podunk, New York, near Ithaca, a traditional small town where houses to middle and low income families could be provided at a price that ordinary people ...

References

Manuscripts

Reports

Podunk, New York - A Village for 200 People, with Beautiful Small Houses at a Price that Ordinary People Can Afford: A New American Dream, Created by a Grass-roots Housing Process 18/03/1994

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

88-page report studying the main characteristics of the village, developing a village plan with ten overall patterns to consider, proposing a new financial approach and growth sequence for the individual houses.