Go BackThe Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Preliminary Design Drawings – Choice Process
01/01/1969Sequence of eighteen drawings, depicting Step-5 to Step-20 of the “Choice Process” followed by each family for designing their individual house. Each drawing presents size alternatives offered to each family at every step of the process, during which they adjust the generic house layout to their particular and unique needs.
Drawing:
- 1) The Choice Process Step 5 - Position of Patio
- 2) The Choice Process Step 6 - General Position of Front Door
- 3) The Choice Process Step 7 - Size and position of sala, and exact position of front door
- 4) The Choice Process Step 8 - Detail of entrance door, if at front end
- 5) The Choice Process Step 9 - Size of front patio
- 6) The Choice Process Step 10 - Size of family room
- 7) The Choice Process Step 11 - Size of family room alcove
- 8) The Choice Process Step 12 - Size and layout of kitchen and laundry
- 9) The Choice Process Step 13 - Master bedroom and bathroom layout
- 10) The Choice Process Step 14 - Back cluster of bed alcoves
- 11) The Choice Process Step 15 - Front cluster of 2 bed alcoves
- 12) The Choice Process Step 15 - Front cluster of 3 bed alcoves
- 13) The Choice Process Step 15 - Front cluster of 4 bed alcoves
- 14) The Choice Process Step 16 - Location of mirador
- 15) The Choice Process Step 17 - Position of windscoop
- 16) The Choice Process Step 18 - Bed alcove for grandmother
- 17) The Choice Process Step 19 - Position of shop
- 18) The Choice Process Step 20 - Position of back door and rental space
References
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