The Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Photographs of existing patterns

01/01/1969
Site Existing Conditions, Patterns for Project

29 rolls of film with 433 images for recording the existing environment of the region. They include the spatial organization, current building patterns, and the social interaction-patterns with people in various communal activities prevailing in the city of Lima, Peru. Environment specific patterns were then developed for the designing process of the houses, based on the gathered observations.

Photographer:
Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Source:
Negative, Contact Sheet
Characteristics:
2 1/4"x2 1/4", 35mm, B&W
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