Building Process Area of Emphasis: Intergrated Design Studio – Advanced Class on Autonomous Urban Villages

Spring 1993

The design studio formed the core of the semester. Students worked together with the instructors to create a model for the future development of urban villages, using the New Ryde project in California and the Podunk project in New York, as examples.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis

References

Projects

Planned Development of Sixty-five Low Cost Houses 1990 to 1994

Podunk, NY, U.S.A.

Low Cost Housing, Designed , Not built

Client:

Podunk Neighborhood Development - Mr. Osmo Heila

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Project cost:

Expected project cost: $7,000,000

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for layout on the site by users Implementation process

Proposal for a new community of 200 people in a thirty acre site in Podunk, New York, near Ithaca, a traditional small town where houses to middle and low income families could be provided at a price that ordinary people ...
New Ryde Community 1991 to 1993

New Ryde, CA, U.S.A.

Development Plan, Designed , Not built

Client:

The Grand Island Company - Ms. Eleanor Moeller

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, others

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Located outside of Sacramento, California, in the Delta region, this community was intended to be an integrated development of affordable, middle-income residential and commercial buildings and public spaces, focused on creating a sense of community and cohesion.