Go BackPlan for Chikusadai – Low-Rise High-Density Housing: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1992One of the first site plans of the neighborhood done with the families. It presented some issues from the point of view of sunlight, since streets run mainly in parallel with the main street axis, exposing many residences to north orientation. This scheme was modified to resolve the orientation problem.
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The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested
In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...
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Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules
Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...