Guidance and supervision of students in the Master of Architecture Program

1977

M.Arch Thesis and Professional Reports submitted for partial completion of the Master of Architecture Program; construction experience special study course for graduate students.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander

Enrolled students:

Peter C. Bosselman, David J. Richmond, Benjamin Clavan

Contents

Course Material

Rhythm and Oneness 01/04/1977

Student Work, Comprehensive Examination

Authors:

David J. Richmond, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

84-page student paper submitted for the Comprehensive Examination, with Christopher Alexander and Jean Pierre Protzen as advisors. Organized in two parts, addressing the given themes: 1) Gives an account of the geometric properties required to bring an ornament, or a ...
Anthropology and Architecture: Some Questions and Answers 03/05/1977

Student Work, Paper

Authors:

Benjamin Clavan, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

26-page proposal for investigation on anthropology and architecture, referencing Christopher Alexander and his design approach addressing the universals of the built environment.
A Transparent Building Process: An Example of a Building Manual for Self Help Housing and the Organization of the Building Process 01/01/1977

Student Work, M.Arch Thesis

Authors:

Peter C. Bosselman, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

299-page Master of Architecture thesis with the following Table of Contents: Part One: The Mexicali Project – A Case Study; Part Two: An example of building manual for self-help housing; Part Three: The organization of a building process for self-help ...

References

Construction Innovations

Construction Yard: Experiments in spayed concrete 1977

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete, Sloped Roof & Vaulted Ceiling

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, UCB students

Spayed concrete experiments and mockups, conducted with graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, as a special study course. The mockups included the construction of vaults, walls, columns, floors, beams, arches, in sprayed concrete over steel armature .