Neighborhood Reinvestment: Photographs of mock-ups

01/01/1988

Mock-up

Images depicting two full scale mock-ups. The first is a cardboard and wood mock-up of an exterior house corner with a window opening and wall ornaments; the second is a wooden mock-up of an interior wall, with floor and wall-panel samples.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Instant, Photocopy

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", 3 1/2"x4 1/4", Color

Content of

Project

Plan and Process for Self-help Housing 1988 to 1991

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Low Cost Housing, Designed , Completed in 1991

Client:

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation - Mr. James Maguire

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, others

Project cost:

$46,000

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for house layout process by users Implementation process

Innovative process, introducing a system of user participation for the production of affordable single family housing for ownership, as a basis for improving quality of life. This program was intended to bring the insights and successes of various C.E.S. overseas ...

Contents

Photographs

References

Drawings

Plan and Process for Self-help Housing: Sketches 01/01/1988

Architectural Design, Project, Sketches, Section

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, others, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1-2"x11", 81/2"x14"

Four pages of wall section construction drawings and two pages of additional construction notes. Included are three floor and foundation system wall versions and one of an interior partition wall.