Go BackMaster Planning Process for the Town of Marsta – Cluster of Houses: Photographs on design process
9 7th step of layout process – Implementation of patterns ‘Private Terraces’ & ‘Opening to the Street’
Nine images of sketches depicting the steps of the layout process for a cluster of houses, using patterns in a sequential order; each step focuses on the implementation of a couple of patterns and their interaction for the formation of positive space.
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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: Photographs of presentation boards
9 9) Repair of an Existing Area - Using the process of Diagnosis for a case study in the University of Oregon
01/01/1972
Images of fourteen boards illustrating the presentation of a new proposed planning process which would allow the people of Marsta-Sigtuna to make all planning decisions for themselves. The boards depict the fundamental design tools used in the process and ...
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta - Neighborhoods: Photographs on design process
9 9) Interaction of user groups participating in the project
01/01/1972
Nine images of sketches depicting in sequential order the process of organizing and laying out 350 houses in three distinct neighborhoods by using patterns with the involvement of user groups. One user group determining the overall location of housing and ...
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Master Planning Process for the Town of Marsta - Town Growth for 1973: Photographs on design process
9 9) 'Old Age Island' pattern
01/01/1972
Nine images of 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 primarily to large scale design issues.
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