Building Process Area of Emphasis: Intergrated Design Studio – Urban Rural Villages in California & Furniture Making

Fall 1992

Design studio intended to play its part in this year’s colege-wide emphasis on the future development of California. The focus of the class was a new type of small scale high density urban community, consisting approximately of 200-300 households, that form a coherent pedestrian village, surrounded by a belt of agriculture. This type of project was intended to provide a new form of development that could play a significant role in the future of California.
Within the Integrated Design studio, students were encouraged to untertake the design and fabrication of individual furniture pieces in the carpentry shop of the department.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis

Enrolled students:

Carlos Alvarado Jr., Hilary Bates, Cullen Burda, Meg Calkins, Isobel Damelin, George Elvin, Susan Ingham, Katherine Petersen, Eileen Ann Tumlin

Contents

Course Material

"Process Studies: A Journal of Architectural Process - Building Furniture", Vol. 2, Spring 1995, edited by Hansjoachim Neis with Chris Gutsche. It includes the work completed by students in the design studios Arch. 201, for five consequitive years, starting in Fall 1990 until Fall 1994, tutored by Christopher Alexander and Hansjoachim Neis 01/03/1995

Student Work, Paper

Authors:

Instructors: Hansjoachim Neis; Students: Carlos Alvarado Jr., Hilary Bates, Cullen Burda, Meg Calkins, Gregg Crimp, Isobel Damelin, George Elvin, Christopher Gutsche, Susan Ingham, Micheal Kao, Jun Kawai, Hiroyuki Kawakami, Danna Lerner, Alice Hsiachuing Lin, John McCu, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

The journal, 102 pages in total, starts with “Notes from the Editor” in which Neis describes the scope and essentials of this course on process and furniture. It then presents the twenty six papers on the pieces of furniture the ...