Drawing

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Preliminary Design Drawings – Clusters

01/01/1976

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Axonometric

Two axonometric drawings depicting, the builder’s yard and the individual house clusters’ volumetric organization. .

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Project 1 Items

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...

References

Published Books 1 Items

The Production of Houses 01/01/1985

Publication, Original Book

The fifth volume in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “The Production of Houses” puts Alexander’s theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment Alexander ...

Photographs 1 Items

Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Photographs of drawings 8 8) Site plan sketch indicating a sequential development of house clusters 01/01/1976

Project, Drawing

Photographs of eight project drawings, including axonometrics, floor plans and sketches of the builders yard and the five-house cluster. Special interest draw two sketches, one of the house cluster drawn on a blackboard, and the other one of a site ...