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Arch.202 & Arch.241: The San Francisco Waterfront Graduate Studio – Photographs of student sketches

01/04/1979

Design Studio Course, Drawing

Photos of four simulation drawings, each one produced by a small group of students, testing the set of design rules for “Urban Space”, in various urban settings, including the San Francisco waterfront site.

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Characteristics:

8"x10", Color

Content of

Academic Course

Design II: Morphology and Design of Large Buildings & Towns - Multi-storey Public Buildings 1979

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 202

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Howard Davis

Enrolled students:

Artemis Anninou, Colette Cage, Shohreh Daemi, Hermann Diederich, Hubert Froyen, Bruce Grulke, Ramzi Kawar, Hye Myoung Kim, Takeshi Kimura, James McLane, Leslie Moldow, Hansjoachim Neis, Mahn Oh, Carsten Schmunk, Alice Sung, Martine Weissmann

Preparatory work for the San Francisco Waterfront Spring 1979 studio, which included the following assignments: Design of a multi-storey office buildings, street elevations, construction systems.
Theory II: Morphology and Design of Large Buildings & Towns - The Fundamental Process 1979

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 241

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Howard Davis

Enrolled students:

Artemis Anninou, Colette Cage, Shohreh Daemi, Hermann Diederich, Hubert Froyen, Bruce Grulke, Ramzi Kawar, Hye Myoung Kim, Takeshi Kimura, James McLane, Leslie Moldow, Hansjoachim Neis, Mahn Oh, Carsten Schmunk, Alice Sung, Martine Weissmann

Preparatory work for the San Francisco Waterfront Spring 1979 studio: Development of design rules for the creation of Urban Space, the layout of Large Buildings, Construction Systems for large buildings, etc.

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References

Scientific Research

The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...