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Student Housing for the University of Oregon
1991 to 1992Master plan for 300 units of low-budget student housing on the campus of the University of Oregon -- called the Amazon Plan, to be developed on a 7.5 acres of flat land by replacing 243 existing units. The project basic requirements were to develop a generic pattern language for low-cost, high quality student housing, as well a generic innovative construction details to be tested through mockups and experiments.
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Student Housing for the University of Oregon: Reminder sent to Senator Dwyer with previously discussed issues relating to student housing and other administrative issues of the University of Oregon seen again and updated in accordance with the requirements of the State System of Higher Education. Nine steps are laid out specifying the plan to be followed and underlining the need of the Senator's office continued support. On 27-Jul-1993 this letter was forwarded to Christopher Alexander.
24/07/1992
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Student Housing for the University of Oregon: Urgent fax forwarding past correspondence of 24-Jul-1992 to Christopher Alexander at The Lake View Motor Lodge. The letter is between the President of the U of Oregon and Senator Bill Dwyer. Issues laid-out refered to Amazon housing reconstruction and infill project by the university discussed and receiving the commited assistance towards completion by Senator's office.
27/07/1993
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Student Housing for the University of Oregon: Photographs of project model
2 2) Focused view on part of the model
01/01/1992
Two views of the Amazon village model, a complex of 300 apartments for students, looking at the pedestrian street and its arcades.
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Student Housing for the University of Oregon: Photographs of drawings
2 2) Another type of proposed buildings
02/01/1992
Photographs of two sheets of drawings showing floor plan and elevation proposals .
References
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The Process of Urban Design and the Formation of Larger Urban Wholes
Theoretical basis and key assumptions for the process of urban growth, tested initially in the San Francisco Waterfront experimental project in 1979, in which the formation of larger urban wholes was highlighted as an overriding rule. This process was further ...
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
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The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested
In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two - The Process of Creating Life
2002
“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Three - A Vision of a Living World
2005
“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...
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Chapter 12. Every Part is Unique, 4 / Every Living Process is -at its Core- a Process Which is Devetoted, Through Adaptation, to Making Every Part Unique
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Chapter 5. The Positive Pattern of Space and Volume in Three Dimensions of the Land, 9 / Emergence of Building Volumes in a More Repetitive Project
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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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Invoices for work compensation
31/12/1992
12 pages describing working hours spent by mentioned projects and miscellaneous reimbursable amounts charged.
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Receipts for reimbursable expenses
31/12/1992
4-pages listing the reimbursable expenses on various projects between 9-Jun-1992 and 31-Dec-1992 including milage, prints, model supplies, film etc.
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