Go BackTheory III: On Urban Design
Spring 1979The Spring 1979 theory studio course was complementary to the design studio on the San Francisco Waterfront experimental project. Its focus was on the development, elaboration and testing of a series of theoretical assumptions on the process of urban growth, and the formulation of a set of rules used as guiding principles in the simulation project. The emerging theory, supported by the experimental project, was subsequently published in the book “A New Theory of Urban Design”.
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Arch. 203 Design III The San Francisco Waterfront, and Arch. 291 Theory III on Urban Design: List of the 89 individual projects
01/06/1979
List of the eighty nine projects included in the San Francisco Waterfront simulation, with the name of the project and the first name of the student who did the project. Sixteen students attended the design studio, and each one contributed ...
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Arch. 203 Design III The San Francisco Waterfront, and Arch. 291 Theory III on Urban Design: Student Drawings for six projects
01/06/1979
Sixteen representative drawings in six sets corresponding to the projects Leslie Moldow proposed and did in the San Francisco Waterfront simulation; Project No. 1 – Gateway, Project No. 12 -Educational Center, Project No. 20 – Row of Houses, Project No. ...
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Arch. 203 Design III The San Francisco Waterfront, and Arch. 291 Theory III on Urban Design: Student Drawings for six projects
01/06/1979
Twenty one representative drawings in six sets corresponding to the projects James McLane proposed and did in the San Francisco Waterfront simulation; Project No. 2 – Hotel, Project No. 33 – Office and House, Project No. 54 – Music Conservatory, ...
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Arch.203 & Arch.291: The San Francisco Waterfront Graduate Studio - Photographs of Alexander studio class
01/07/1979
Six photos from the final presentation and review of the studio work to the department. Christopher Alexander is in the first photo.
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Arch.203 & Arch.291: The San Francisco Waterfront Graduate Studio - Photographs of Alexander studio class
01/06/1979
Seven photos from the studio class: the first one includes students and instructors; the other six are only with students, mainly during afterhours.
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Arch.203 & Arch.291: The San Francisco Waterfront Graduate Studio - Photographs of student model
01/09/1979
Six photos of the studio project model; the first three of the model itself and the other three the model with Hajo Neis and Artemis Anninou.
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1978-79 Graduate Design Studio: Morphology and Design of Large Buildings and Towns
26/09/1978
Outlines the full course sequence for 1978-1979. Fall Quarter: Introduction – Theory I Arch. 100 & Design I Arch. 201; Winter Quarter: Large Building – Theory II Arch. 241 & Design II Arch. 202; Spring Quarter: Urban Design – Theory ...
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Arch. 203 & Arch 291, Spring 1979 - Design III The San Francisco Waterfront, and Theory III On Urban Design: The Simulation itself
05/03/1979
4-page description of the procedure to be followed for the simulation project, including the basic guidelines and requirements both for the group and for each individual student.
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Arch. 203 & Arch 291, Spring 1979 - Design III The San Francisco Waterfront, and Theory III On Urban Design: Tasks and class assignments
05/03/1979
Six pages with requirements of assignments. The first has the title “Levels of Submission required for Approval”; the second “Here are some really fun rules for making your drawings” and provides requirements for the scale and sizes of drawings; the ...
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References
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The Process of Urban Design and the Formation of Larger Urban Wholes
Theoretical basis and key assumptions for the process of urban growth, tested initially in the San Francisco Waterfront experimental project in 1979, in which the formation of larger urban wholes was highlighted as an overriding rule. This process was further ...
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...