Article

Mexicali Revisited: Seven Years Later

01/06/1984

Article

Authors:

Dorit Fromm, Peter C. Bosselmann

Published in:

Places, Vol. 1, No. 4 , pp. 78-90

Publisher:

M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

Contents

Records

"Mexicali Revisited": Original text of article 01/06/1984

Article Publication, Original Text

Authors:

Dorit Fromm, Peter Bosselmann, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

25-page original text of the article “Mexicali Revisited: Seven Years Later”, published in Places.

References

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 ...

Articles

Mexicali Revisited: Introduction 01/06/1984

Publication, Article

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Places, Vol. 1, No. 4 , pp. 76-77

Publisher:

M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.