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1978-79 Graduate Design Studio: Morphology and Design of Large Buildings and Towns
26/09/1978Outlines the full course sequence for 1978-1979. Fall Quarter: Introduction – Theory I Arch. 100 & Design I Arch. 201; Winter Quarter: Large Building – Theory II Arch. 241 & Design II Arch. 202; Spring Quarter: Urban Design – Theory III Arch. 291 & Design III Arch. 203.
Content of
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Design I: Design with Pattern Languages
1978
The course work included three assignments, covering different scales of design: 1) Design of a house; 2) Ornament in buildings; 3) Morphology of a city.
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Design III: The San Francisco Waterfront Project
1979
The Spring 1979 design studio course was an experimental project on the San Francisco Waterfront. The experiment consisted of a simulated process of urban growth, carried out by about twenty people. The simulation included 90 projects, to be developed on ...
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Theory III: On Urban Design
1979
The Spring 1979 theory studio course was complementary to the design studio on the San Francisco Waterfront experimental project. Its focus was on the development, elaboration and testing of a series of theoretical assumptions on the process of urban growth, ...
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References
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A Pattern Language
01/01/1977
“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 ...
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The Timeless Way of Building
01/01/1979
“The Timeless Way of Building” is the opening work in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. Here Alexander introduces the ideas behind the succeeding books. The book lays the foundation of the series. It ...