Drawing

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Sketches of patterns

01/01/1976

Architectural Design, Sketches, Layout Process

Three house cluster rough plans and three sketches depicting patterns implemented by the families for their house layout: 1) Northeast Outdoor Space –the first pattern for the house layout; 2) Positive Outdoor Space –attempt to shape the cluster common land; 3) Long Thin House– depicts the quality of thin and long house volumes; 4) Main Entrance –indicates the entrance location of individual houses in relationship to common land; 5) Intimacy Gradient & Common Areas at the Heart; 6) Location of Columns and Vaults –cluster plan with main framing elements and vaults.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

4"x6", 8 1/2x11"

Content of

Project

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

Client:

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali - Mr. Jorge Nunez, Director of the School of Architecture

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner, students and families

Contractor:

Built by the families and local subcontractors under the management of the Center for Environmental Structure

Sponsor:

University of Baja California

Project cost:

$70,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Layout on the ground by clients and C.E.S. Preliminary Design drawings done after layout Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Users in

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 ...

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References

Scientific Research

Published Books

The Production of Houses 01/01/1985

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Julio Martinez, Donald Corner

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

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 ...