Correspondence

Planned Development of Sixty-five Low Cost Houses: Brief report of initial soil survey performed on the site regarding suitability of soils for sewage purposes.

14/01/1991

Planning of Works, Proposal Brief

Sender:

Peter D. Novelli, Novelli & Co. Consulting Engineers, Dryden, NY, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Osmo Heila, Podunk Neighborhood Development, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project 1 Items

Planned Development of Sixty-five Low Cost Houses 1990 to 1994

Podunk, NY, U.S.A.

Low Cost Housing, Designed, Not built

Client:

Podunk Neighborhood Development - Mr. Osmo Heila

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Project cost:

Expected project cost: $7,000,000

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for layout on the site by users Implementation process

Proposal for a new community of 200 people in a thirty acre site in Podunk, New York, near Ithaca, a traditional small town where houses to middle and low income families could be provided at a price that ordinary people ...