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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches – Cluster of Houses
9 7th step of layout process – Implementation of patterns ‘Private Terraces’ & ‘Opening to the Street’
Nine sequential sketches depicting the steps of the layout process for a cluster of houses, using patterns.
Drawing:
- The group of user work on the site making decision of the house cluster design during its layout process on the land
- 1st step of layout process - Implementation of two patterns 'Cell Gateway' and 'Degrees of Publicness'
- 2nd step of layout process - Implementation of three patterns 'Common Land', 'Path Crossroads' & 'Tiny Parking Lots'
- 3rd step of layout process - Implementation of pattern 'Sandbox'
- 4th step of layout process - Implementation of pattern 'Individual Lots'
- 5th step of layout process - Implementation of patterns 'Tree Places', 'Outdoor Seats', & 'Public Outdoor Room'
- 6th step of layout process - Implementation of pattern 'Centripetal Pedestrian Path'
- 6th step of layout process - Implementation of pattern 'Centripetal Pedestrian Path'
- 7th step of layout process - Implementation of patterns 'Private Terraces' & 'Opening to the Street'
References
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Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages
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 ...
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Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules
Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches - Town Growth for 1973
7 7) 'Scattered Work' pattern
01/01/1972
Sequence of seven sketches on a regional map, each one illustrating the implementation of a pattern as one of the guiding principles for the design process of a future town development. The patterns refer to large scale design issues.
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches - Neighborhoods
9 9) Interaction of user groups participating in the project
01/01/1972
Sequence of nine sketches depicting the process of organizing and laying out 350 houses in three distinct neighborhoods by involving various user groups. One user group determining the overall location of housing and its large-scale patterns, and three subgroups determining ...
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta: Sketches - Apartment Building Plans
8 Third example of family apartment
01/01/1972
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 ...
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