The Peru Project – Fourteen Low Cost Houses: Construction Drawings – Typical House Elevations & Sections

30/09/1971

Architectural Design, Construction Drawings, Floor Plan, Roof Plan

Three large drawings which include: 1) Two longitudinal sections; 2) Front and back elevations and four cross sections along the building volume; and 3) Seven more cross sections.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

24"x40"

Scale:

1:50

Content of

Project

Peru Project - Fourteen Low Cost Houses 1971 to 1975

11km north of Lima, Lima, Peru

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Invited Competition, Pilot construction project completed in 1975

Client:

Mr. Peter Land, United Nations coordinator of PREVI project

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel

Contractor:

Conglomerate of local Peruvian contractors

Sponsor:

United Nations

Project cost:

$75,000

Project stages:

Construction Drawings

Construction of one group of fourteen (14) houses, part of the first experimental pilot project, built together with the schemes of the other twelve architectural firms which participated in the international PREVI competition.

Contents

Drawings

References

Photographs

The Peru Project - Fourteen Low Cost Houses: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1971

Project, Drawing

Photographer:

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

Source:

PMT, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Three drawings with sections and elevations of the constructed prototype house.