Design studio on the Pasadena Multi-family Housing

Spring 1987

The Spring 1987 design studio addressed the generative sequences for the process of design and the issuance of building permits for a new class of apartment buildings in Pasadena, which would respect its tradition by making the garden the most important and central entity, and building relatively low compact apartment buildings around the garden.

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou

Enrolled students:

John Raymond Byram, Catherine Drayton, Stephen Duff, You-Tien Hsing, Fanta Lawrence, Shengfong Lin, Anne Phillips, Randall Schmidt, Margaret Sheehan, Masanori Tada, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contents

Correspondence

Thoughts and evaluations regarding the interpretation of the "Chris Structure" rule, with comments on ways for enhancing building, space, gardens and neighboring properties 21/03/1987

Student Affairs, Response to Request

Sender:

Stephen Duff, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Note

Drawings

Arch. 201 Pasadena Multi-Family Housing: Records of study area - Student Drawings 01/03/1987

Survey Drawing

Designers:

Anne Phillips, Stephen Duff, You-Tien Hsing, ShengFong Lin, Randall Schmidt, Margaret Sheehan, Masanori Tada, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou, John Byram, Fanta Lawrence, Catherine Drayton, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

11"x17"

Eleven sets of drawings recording two different density study-areas each, prepared for class assignments. A measured record of each lot under study which includes a detailed layout of all its surrounding spaces, gardens, buildings and roads.

Photographs

SEE ALL Photographs

Course Material

SEE ALL Course Material

References

Scientific Research

Projects

Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-family Housing 1987 to 1988

Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Zoning Ordinance, Residential, Realized , Completed in 1988 and implemented

Client:

Pasadena Multi-family Housing Task Force

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Friso Broeksma

Project cost:

$135,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by C.E.S. Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for building layout process Implementation process

The purpose of the draft ordinance was to define new guidelines which would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena's heritage. Respect for the existing physical qualities of the old Pasadena residential ...

Reports

Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Pasadena Design Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing - A City of Gardens 25/04/1988

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Friso Broeksma, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA , U.S.A.
Daniel Solomon, Kathryn Clarke, Susan Haviland, Phoebe Wall, Daniel Solomon & Associates with Phoebe Wall, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

46-page final draft of the Ordinance submitted to the Pasadena Multi-Family Task Force. New zoning ordinance for the city’s multi-family housing areas that would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena’s heritage. ...