Aspen Village

1990

Aspen, CO, U.S.A.

Master Planning, Designed , Not built

A form of integrated development of residential and commercial, a pedestrian village, capable of preserving and enhancing the original beauty of the Aspen valley. The project was designed for the permanent residents and employees at the Aspen Airport Business Center, in a 25-acre piece of land, and provided approximately 400,000 square feet of built area.

Contents

Correspondence 1 Items

Aspen Residential and Commercial Village: Answering to the request of giving a personal evaluation regarding the ways to do the project with Christopher Alexander involved from a distance, and still maintain a high quality of the results. The suggestions are focused in three major areas: a) The role of C.E.S; b) The portions of the work done by the C.E.S. as possible subcontractor; c) Giving a "quick sketch of project progress", suggesting a schedule which could be followed 09/10/1990

Planning of Works, Response to Request

Reports 1 Items

A Pedestrian Village: For Permanent Residents and Employees at the Aspen Airport Business Center .1 20/09/1990

Project Report

33-page document which describes a form of development capable of preserving and enhancing the original beauty of Aspen valley; the proposal addresses a piece of land of 25 acres, the northern portion of the Aspen Airport Business Center.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Master Planning as a Dynamic Process - Organic Order and Piecemeal Growth

It is simply not possible to fix today, in a Master Plan, what the environment should be like in the future, and then to steer the piecemeal process of development toward that fixed, imaginary world. Instead, planning and construction will ...

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