Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta – Neighborhoods: Photographs on design process

01/01/1972
Design Process, Patterns for Project

Nine images of sketches depicting the process of organizing and laying out 350 houses in three distinct neighborhoods, involving various user groups. One user group determining the overall location of housing and its large-scale patterns, and three subgroups determining the patterns of each one of the three neighborhoods. The images illustrate the following seven patterns 1) Local Transportation, Major Roads, Identifiable Neighborhoods; 2) Neighborhood boundaries; 3) Promenade; 4) Activity Nuclei; 5) Apartment Valley; 6) House Cluster & Car Pedestrian Symbiosis; 7) Density Rings. One drawing depicts the final stage site plan with all patterns applied on the scheme and the last one Illustrates the user group interaction.

Photographer:
Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Source:
PMT
Characteristics:
12"x18", 6"x9 3/8", B&W
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