The Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Photographs of drawings

01/01/1969

Drawing

Axonometric drawing of “Construction” prepared for the design PREVI competition, illustrating the sequence of the construction operations.
They were exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US”.

Content of

Project 1 Items

Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations 1969 to 1970

11km north of Lima, Lima, Peru

Master Planning, Low Cost Housing, Realized , Invited Competition, Proposal submitted in 1970

Master plan for a community of 1500 houses, submitted as one out of twelve other competition entries for the United Nations sponsored international housing competition PREVI (Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda). The Center for Environmental Structure was chosen as the ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Published Books 1 Items

Houses Generated by Patterns 01/01/1969

Publication, Original Book

The second of Alexander’s early works published by the Center for Environmental Structure, lays out the process of creating the pattern language for a group of houses designed for an experimental housing competition in Lima, Peru in 1969. It ...

Public Events 1 Items

14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: "Office US" 07/06/2014 to 23/11/2014

U.S. Pavillion in Arsenale, Venice, Italy

Exhibition

The American contribution to the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014, entitled OfficeUS, looked into the immense built production of American architects abroad. The curators of the US Pavilion chose the Center for Environmental Structure to be among the firms ...

Drawings 1 Items

The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Preliminary Design Drawings - Construction Process 01/01/1969

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Axonometric

Axonometric drawing illustrating in a sequence the phases of the construction process of a house. .