Cluster Housing – Mexicali, Mexico

01/01/1984

Book Contribution

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Julio Martinez, Donald Corner

Published in:

The Scope of Social Architecture, Columns, Vol. 1, pp. 123-131

Editor:

C. Richard Hatch

Publisher:

Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.

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Correspondence

"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Request for illustrations for the article, so that COLUMNS can go to print; outlines illustration requests 04/08/1980

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Richard Hatch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Notification that Oxford University Press will need to provide permission to utilize the excerpt from the "Production of Houses" for the article in COLUMNS; also the required items to be provided for this approval 23/06/1981

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Richard Hatch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Letter indicating the surprise that Oxford University Press had not already provided authorization, the delays due to a reorganization and the request to forward illustrations 17/08/1981

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Richard Hatch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Notification of enclosed copies of photographs for COLUMNS article and particulars about moving forward with finalizing 16/09/1981

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Richard Hatch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Request for Oxford University Press to review the article excerpted from "Production of Houses", which will appear in a small book, to be reviewed to ensure its representation is no undercut; article included 14/10/1981

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Susan Rabner, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Notification that Oxford University Press has approved the excerpted article and photographs are being pulled together for contribution; article included 13/12/1981

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Richard Hatch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
"Cluster Housing - Mexicali, Mexico" article: Letter indicating a copy of transcript is attached and an urgent request to get the photos submitted 04/03/1982

Article Publication, Request for Contribution

Sender:

Richard Hatch, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Howard Davis, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

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References

Published Books

The Production of Houses 01/01/1985

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Julio Martinez, Donald Corner

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

The fifth volume in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “The Production of Houses” puts Alexander’s theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment Alexander ...

Projects

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

Client:

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali - Mr. Jorge Nunez, Director of the School of Architecture

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner, students and families

Contractor:

Built by the families and local subcontractors under the management of the Center for Environmental Structure

Sponsor:

University of Baja California

Project cost:

$70,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Layout on the ground by clients and C.E.S. Preliminary Design drawings done after layout Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Users in

A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...

Manuscripts

The Production of Houses: Three drafts of the article for COLUMNS, on the Mexicali Project 01/01/1981

Publication, Article Draft

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Julio Martinez, Donald Corner, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Varying iterations of the excerpted text from the preface and introduction of Production of Houses to be utilized as an article.