Correspondence

Housing Plan for Guasare New Town: Letter explaining in English the basic ideas and updates of the project

15/01/1982

Design Matters, Memorandum

Sender:

Kevin Lynch, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

Housing Plan for Guasare New Town 1981 to 1983

Guasare, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Neighborhood Planning, Designed , Completed in May-1983

Client:

"Corpozulia", the Public Development Corporation of the State of Zulia - represented by Mrs. Rosario Giusti de Perez, Director of the New Town Development Plan

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Martine Weissmann, Hansjoachim Neis

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for the neighborhood layout process Generative rules for house layout process by users Implementation process

The project focused on the housing component of the master plan for the new town of Guasare, in the state of Maracaibo, Venezuela, planned to accomodate several thousand workers. The design of its neighborhoods, each one for about 250 families, ...

References

Correspondence

Housing Plan for Guasare New Town: Letter updating with information about the acquired lot for the project, its physical characteristics and commenting on the observations and proposals on the design; asking Christopher Alexander for input by the C.E.S., adjustment and guidelines, where seen necessary 12/01/1982

Project, Design Matters, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Rosario Giusti de Perez, Corpozulia, the Public Development Corporation of the State of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Language:

Spanish