Housing Plan for Self Help Housing: Proposal for user-designed low cost housing

01/01/1988

Planning of Works, Proposal Brief

Overview of how the Center for Environmental Structure would like to develop a large scale version of the low cost housing process in the United States.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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

Reports

Neighborhood Reinvestment: Housing Process for Neighborhood Reinvestment Corportation; First Stage - Final Document 01/01/1988

Project, Project Report, Proposal Brief

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

15-page paper aiming to develop a process proposal for a pilot, housing project which would be capable of building houses at a low budget, and in a way which creates stronger community bonds amongst the owner/families through their participation in ...