Article

Mini-Neighborhoods – High Quality Houses Which the Average American Family Can Afford

01/03/1985

Paper

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

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

Contents

Manuscripts

Mini Neighborhoods: High Quality Houses Which the Average American Family Can Afford 01/03/1985

Article Draft

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

“Not for Publication – Discussion Draft” is noted on the cover page. The Introduction was removed and crossed-out and a section titled “The Neighborhood Covenant” was added-in. A total of eight sections: 1. The Pressing Need for Housed of Reasonable ...

References

Scientific Research

Dynamics of a Growing Neighborhood - Rules and Patterns for Laying out a Neighborhood

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

Neighborhoods and communities grow and change over time, and the effect of time on the process of its adaptation on real needs is huge, and leads to types and styles of order quite different from any planned arrangement, based on ...

Course Material

Mini-Neighborhood Project 01/04/1987

Academic, Student Work, Professional Report

Authors:

Seth Wachtel, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

99-page professional report for the Master of Architecture, developing the idea of a mini-neighborhood, as a small neighborhood with affordable small houses, beautifully made, using common land, and based on a layout process, allowing users to layout and design their ...