Correspondence

Canary Island: Describes the work completed for phase one of contract; 1. The 45 Patterns; 2. The Plan, with nine categories of areas; 3. Phasing, with three examples; 4. The Ordinances

23/12/1973

Patterns for Project

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Fernando Higueras Diaz, Madrid, Spain

Medium:

Letter

Language:

English, Spanish

Content of

Project

Canary Island Tourist Resort 1973

Fuerta Ventura, Canary Islands, Spain

Commercial, Designed , Completed in 1973

Client:

Development Consortium, Rueger and Associates, Stuttgart, Germany

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Halim Abdelhalim, Lisa Heschong

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Generic rules for urban growth process Preliminary design

Development plan for a tourist resort for 80,000 people. Formulation of a project specifc pattern language for creating real and active communities all year round; it included 45 patterns which defined the preservation of land, the sites for building, relative ...

Contents

Correspondence

References

Scientific Research

Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Pattern Languages in Practice

The first patterns were developed in 1967 by a group of people working together with Christopher Alexander in the Center for Environmental Structure. Between 1968 and 1976 the first pattern languages were developed and tested for particular projects undertaken by ...

Reports

Canary Island: A batch of patterns which define the preservation of the land, the sites for building, relative densities, and transportation 01/01/1973

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Halim Abdelhalim, Lisa Heschong, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

26-page project proposal with description of relevant patterns with sketches.