Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches – Apartment Building Plans

01/01/1972

Architectural Design, Sketches, Layout Process

Five drawings describing a rough sequence of design steps to be followed be the user-families for designing an apartment building, applying one basic pattern at each step, followed by three more drawings depicting examples of various apartment designs, that such a process could generate; relation of apartments to nature and satisfaction of each family’s distinct needs were major priorities.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Project

Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta 1972

Marsta, Sweden

Master Planning, Designed , Design Competition, Proposal submitted in 1970

Client:

Johaness Olivegren

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Generic rules for the layout on the site by users Generic rules for urban growth process Implementation process

Master Plan based on the fundametal idea of a planning process which allows the planning office of Sigtuna Marsta commune together with representative users to make planning decisions for themselves. The process, organized on the basis of four elements "Pattern ...

Contents

Drawings

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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 ...

Drawings

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Reports

Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: A New Kind of Planning Process 01/01/1972

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

31-page document explaining how families in Marsta-Sigtuna will be able to design their own house by using patterns, participate in the process and contribute their good ideas to the design. The process is explained by using an example of a ...

Photographs

Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta - Apartment Building design process: Photographs 01/01/1972

Project, Design Process

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

14"x18", 8 1/2"x11", 8 1/2"x9 1/2", 6"x7", B&W

Six images describing a rough sequence of design steps to be followed be the user-families for designing an apartment building, applying one basic pattern at each step, followed by three more drawings depicting examples of various apartment designs, that such ...