Correspondence

Planned Development of Sixty-five Low Cost Houses: Response to proposal description of aims for the Podunk affordable housing project, and praise for Christopher Alexander’s involvement.

03/01/1990

Commencement of Works, Response to Request

Sender:

William R. Sims, Cornel University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Osmo Heila, Podunk Neighborhood Development, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project 1 Items

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 ...

References

Correspondence 1 Items

Planned Development of Sixty-five Low Cost Houses: Forwarding previous correspondence and material related to Podunk for selection and use with approved design from Town of Ulysses Planning Board; to be used as support material with new applications for funds. 21/06/1991

Project, Funding of Works, Informative

Sender:

Osmo Heila, Podunk Neighborhood Development, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter