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Alexander
01/01/1971
Article,
Book Review
Authors:
Paul Irgens
Published in:
Arkitektnytt, No. 13, pp. 321-324
Publisher:
Norwegian Architectural Association (NAL), Oslo, Norway
Language:
Norwegian
References
Published Books
Houses Generated by Patterns
01/01/1969
Publication,
Original Book
Authors:
Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel
Publisher:
Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
The second of Alexander’s early works published by the Center for Environmental Structure, lays out the process of creating the pattern language for a group of houses designed for an experimental housing competition in Lima, Peru in 1969. It ...
Projects
Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations
1969 to 1970
11km north of Lima, Lima, Peru
Master Planning, Low Cost Housing,
Realized
, Invited Competition, Proposal submitted in 1970
Client:
Mr. Peter Land, United Nations coordinator of PREVI project
C.E.S. staff:
Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel
Sponsor:
United Nations
Project cost:
$1,800-$3,800 / house
Project stages:
Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Generic rules for choice process Preliminary Design Innovative construction methods
Master plan for a community of 1500 houses, submitted as one out of twelve other competition entries for the United Nations sponsored international housing competition PREVI (Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda). The Center for Environmental Structure was chosen as the ...
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