Advisor in the Ph.D. Program in Architecture

1975

Heading the committee for the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination and chairing the committee for approving the Doctoral Dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture.

University Program:

Ph.D. in Architecture

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander

Enrolled students:

Max Jacobson

Contents

Course Material

An Experimental Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Pattern Language as a Design Teaching Tool - Initial Trial with Architecture Students 10/12/1970

Research Paper

Authors:

Max Jacobson, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Pilot study conducted in a studio design course at the Architecture Department of U.C.B. Thirteen students spent one month testing and evaluating the pattern language, using and implementing it as a design tool for their studio assignments.
Patterns of Natural Design 01/08/1972

Research Paper

Authors:

Max Jacobson, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Draft paper on the co-occurrence of a natural design process and an explicit pattern language.
Lay People Designing Houses with the Pattern Language 01/01/1975

Student Work

Authors:

Max Jacobson, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Doctoral dissertation.