Research on Office Building Design

Spring 1989

Graduate seminar on the definition of criteria for evaluating the office building form and its functionality. The criteria were based on the problems identified in office buildings and the patterns required for providing solutions to the problems.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Seminar

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Eleni Coromvli

Enrolled students:

Susan Blowers, Tom Dinwoodie, Dil Green, Ora Hatheway, Ross Ishikawa, Cliff Niederer, Soren Pfeffer, Marlene Suggs, Bob Theis, Robert M. Walsh, Chris Winans

Contents

Course Material

Arch 207, Spring 1989: Class paper titled "The Personal Workplace: A System of Office Furniture Designed for Comfort - Vol. 10, Office Building" 01/05/1989

Student Work, Paper

Authors:

Instructors: Christopher Alexander, Eleni Coromvli; Students: Susan Bowers, Tom Dinwiddie, Dil Green, Ora Hatheway, Ross Ishikawa, Cliff Niederer, Soren Pfeffer, Marlene Suggs, Bob Theis, Bob Walsh, Chris Winans, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

45-page paper on “The Nature of the Buildings Which Will Extend the Qualities of the Personal Workplace to the Whole Work Environment”. The paper describes the criteria used for formulating the design process for office-buildings. The criteria were determined by ...