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New Ryde Community
1991 to 1993Located outside of Sacramento, California, in the Delta region, this community was intended to be an integrated development of affordable, middle-income residential and commercial buildings and public spaces, focused on creating a sense of community and cohesion.
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New Ryde Community: Sketches - Site Layout Plan
18/11/1991
Two initial sketches by Christopher Alexander of the site plan, depicting basic organization layout ideas of community open spaces, circulation and built sections.
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New Ryde Community: Sketches - Site Layout Plan
25/11/1991
Three sketches based on Christopher Alexander’s initial sketch of the site plan. The first one states “copy of CA’s dwg 11/25”; the other two depict a more developed version of the initial site layout, with parking areas, access roads and ...
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New Ryde Community: Sketches - Site Layout Plan
01/01/1992
Four site plan sketches illustrating the possible development of the site following succesive steps of the layout design process .
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References
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Building Process Area of Emphasis: Intergrated Design Studio - Advanced Class on Autonomous Urban Villages
1993
The design studio formed the core of the semester. Students worked together with the instructors to create a model for the future development of urban villages, using the New Ryde project in California and the Podunk project in New York, ...
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Building Process Area of Emphasis: Intergrated Design Studio - Various projects on different scales & Furniture Making
1991
Design studio to lay the foundation for a single integrated view of design, building and planning, which extended from the smallest parts of the building fabric to the largest parts of cities. The studio consisted of several projects from a ...
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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1992
24/09/1992
2-sided cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on using one’s feeling of wholesomeness as an objective measure when designing. This feeling is induced by the level of wholeness observed. The example of planning a larger ...
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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1992
10/11/1992
2-sided cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander, on “Building Layout Process”. The concept of “Centers” is explained as crucial for creating beautiful structures when addressed in parallel for two-dimensional and three-dimensional emerging centers; looked as ...
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Invoice for service and other expences
31/12/1991
2 pages including lists of both, service fees by hour per project and reimbursable expenses by project. Partial payment of invoices is indicated.
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Receipt by the County of Sacramento Planning Department
26/12/1991
Receipt form from the planning department office with mailing cost for copies of T.O.D. Guidelines to James Maguire. .
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Distribution of projected work
27/03/1992
6 pages with semi-monthly estimated hours of work per project listed; suggestions by Christopher Alexander are marked on the January and February lists.
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