Plan and Process for Self-help Housing: Sketches

01/01/1988

Architectural Design, Sketches, Section

Four pages of wall section construction drawings and two pages of additional construction notes. Included are three floor and foundation system wall versions and one of an interior partition wall.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, others, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1-2"x11", 81/2"x14"

Content of

Project

Plan and Process for Self-help Housing 1988 to 1991

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Low Cost Housing, Designed , Completed in 1991

Client:

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation - Mr. James Maguire

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, others

Project cost:

$46,000

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for house layout process by users Implementation process

Innovative process, introducing a system of user participation for the production of affordable single family housing for ownership, as a basis for improving quality of life. This program was intended to bring the insights and successes of various C.E.S. overseas ...

References

Photographs

Neighborhood Reinvestment: Photographs of mock-ups 01/01/1988

Project, Mock-up

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Instant, Photocopy

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", 3 1/2"x4 1/4", Color

Images depicting two full scale mock-ups. The first is a cardboard and wood mock-up of an exterior house corner with a window opening and wall ornaments; the second is a wooden mock-up of an interior wall, with floor and wall-panel ...