Academic Course

Grass Roots Housing

Spring 1973

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 280

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander

Enrolled students:

Mike Cox, Halim Abdelhalim, Ed Hazzard, Ilhan Kural, Marty Schukert

References

Scientific Research

A New Approach to Design and Construction Management

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Process

A new kind of design/construction/management process, especially for large projects, is required, which will allow the building to be conceived, designed and built so that it comes to life. Below are the ground rules of such a process, already tried ...
Dynamics of a Growing Neighborhood - Rules and Patterns for Laying out a Neighborhood

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

Neighborhoods and communities grow and change over time, and the effect of time on the process of its adaptation on real needs is huge, and leads to types and styles of order quite different from any planned arrangement, based on ...

Projects

Grass Roots Housing 1973

Low Cost Housing, Designed , Completed in 1973 and implemented in various low cost housing projects

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Mike Cox, Halim Abdelhalim, Ed Hazzard, Ilhan Kural, Marty Schukert

Project stages:

Generic rules for housing growth Rules for the flow of money in a low cost housing project

A proposal for an entirely new concept in the field of housing, written in the hope that sponsors will come forward and invest enough seed money to start a number of pilot projects. The proposal covers financing, design, social structure, ...

Reports

The Grass Roots Housing Process 01/06/1973

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Mike Cox, Halim Abdelhalim, Ed Hazzard, Ilhan Kural, Marty Schukert, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

55-page proposal for a new concept in the field of housing, which covers financing, design, social structure, principles of ownership, and rate of growth. It includes the following sections: 1. Introduction; 2. The Housing problem; 3. The project proposal – ...