Building Process Area of Emphasis: Beautiful Apartment Buildings

Spring 1995

The undergraduate design studio addressed the problem in the production of contemporary apartment buildings, in which there is a sharp division between design and construction. This division produces apartment houses which do not have graceful adaptation, richness and warmth typical of traditional buildings and therefore, are lacking to a high degree the feeling of “belonging” and “ownership”.

University Program:

Bachelor of Architecture

Course type:

Undergraduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 298

Instructors:

Kyriakos L. Pontikis

References

Projects

Frankfurt Parkstadt Housing Project 1995 to 1996

Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany

Residential, Designed , Not built

Client:

Hoechst Pharmaceutical Company, Housing Department - Dr. Harald Kloetsch

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander

Design and construction process:

Innovations in user participation

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for layout on the site by users Preliminary Design stage completed

The Frankfurt Parkstadt Unterliederbach project included the development of a new urban neighborhood in a landscaped setting, for Hoechst Pharmaceutical in Frankfurt West, close to the international airport and the river Main, a housing project both for Hoechst employees and ...