Arch. 209, Winter 1978 – Pattern Language and Row Houses: Overview of the class

01/12/1978

Design Studio Course, Class Work Report

104-page summary of the studio project on the design of a group of row houses in medium to high density urban settings. Includes course description and the student projects with photos of midterm and final reviews of student submissions by Christopher Alexander and others. The studio work gave emphasis on participatory design, architectural unity, construction systems & process, public and private demands on the design and construction processes.

Authors:

Howard Davis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Content of

Academic Course

Pattern Language - Row Houses 1978

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 209

Instructors:

Howard Davis

Enrolled students:

Amir-Ameri, Carl Blalock, Kenneth R. Costigan, David Dacus, Gary Knecht, Daniel Lin, Ole Lokensgard, Ismael Solorio C., David Week

The studio project was to design a group of row houses as a means of investigating the generic form of housing in medium to high density urban settings. Special importance was given to the relationship between public and private demands ...

References

Published Books

A Pattern Language 01/01/1977

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel

Publisher:

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

“A Pattern Language” is the second volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to ...