Go BackSteven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander – The eighteenth transcript includes the Apr-21 interview
17/04/197736-page handwritten transcript of the eighteenth interview titled “Biographical – The Center: Phase I + Emergence of consequences”. Discussion on the work of CES during the first years of its operation –1967 to 1972– which focus on research and experimentation for the formulation of what a pattern is and what makes a pattern language a useful generative system for design. It also refers to the first projects that CES did, which were instrumental in providing real case studies for testing the applicability of patterns and validating the way forward.
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Bronx Multi-Service Center
1968 to
1973
An early study of the use of pattern language in community designed buildings. The Bronx Multi-Service Center is one of the eight centers included in the book "A Pattern Language Which Generates Multi-Service Centers", and presents a prototype for these ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations
1969 to
1970
Master plan for a community of 1500 houses, submitted as one out of twelve other competition entries for the United Nations sponsored international housing competition PREVI (Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda). The Center for Environmental Structure was chosen as the ...
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Stanislaus County Mental Health Center
1970 to
1973
A community mental health center for outpatients and outpatient care with seven buildings, including clinics, outpatient facilities, therapeutic departments for adults, teenagers and children, staff facilities, administrative offices, gardens, courts and walkways, with total area 24,000 square feet. The key ...
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Steven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander - The seventeenth transcript includes the second part of the Apr-17 interview
17/04/1977
13-page handwritten transcript of the seventeenth interview titled “The Peak”. Alexander explains what he considers to be a “peak” and the way towards it.
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Steven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander - The nineteenth transcript includes the Apr-25 interview
17/04/1977
29-page handwritten transcript of the nineeenth interview titled “Biographical (cont.) – Consequences (cont.) – Transition to Phase II of the Center”. Discussion on the work of CES during the period from 1972 to 1977, during which the three first books ...
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Steven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander - Steve's Transcript Numbers
01/07/1977
List of the thirty-four transcripts of the interviews with dates. The #26 transcript, dated Jun-1 has not been found in the physical archive.