Master Plan for the University of Oregon: Phographs of project site existing conditions

01/01/1969

Site Existing Conditions

30 film images focusing on the strong influential elements/factors of the areas around the campus: Train tracks, the river, roads of major traffic, streets in a foggy day etc.; film roll included.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", 35mm, B&W

Content of

Project

Master Plan for the University of Oregon 1969 to 1971

Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Master Planning, Educational, Realized , Completed in 1971 and impletented

Client:

University of Oregon - Mr. Robert S. Harris, Dean of the School of Architecture and Chairman of the user planning committee

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, Denny Abrams

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by clients and C.E.S. Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Generic rules for urban growth process Diagnosis and repair process

A complete user-based master plan for the University of Oregon, in Eugene, introducing a new planning theory, which replaced the predominant theory of master plans. It gave primacy to the use of pattern languages and user design, in the continuous ...