Go BackLocus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing Society´s Transitions”
21/05/2014 to 06/10/2014The 40 architects already awarded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture participated and exhibited their works. The exhibition was on international touring until 2016.
Christopher Alexander’s participation included the extensive presentation of the Mexicali project in the “Saving the People’s Habitat” section of the exposition, and three Science Cabinets, which contained a variety of artifacts related to his research accomplishments, his publications and projects. The Science Cabinets included numerous photographs of projects, works of art, construction systems and techniques, sketches by Christopher Alexander, excerpts from his books. A selection of them, mounted on small-size boards with captions, aimed at conveying the content of his research on a broad topic, this being mathematics, the environment, design processes, construction innovation, economics… Each topic was supported by his work in one of his published books or in one of the projects. Several books and projects were presented in this way.
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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture: Subject: "You are the winners of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2014!"; Announcement of the award, references to the forthcoming ceremony, and invitation for participating in the Manifesto-exposition "Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions"
13/02/2014
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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture: Following a phone conservation, reference to the particulars for the ceremony and the history of the award
13/02/2014
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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture: Conveying Christopher Alexander's gratification for the receipt of award and discussing alternatives for the participation in the events
14/02/2014
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Locus Manifesto-exposition: CES presented a list of construction innovations, for highlighting the experimental and research dimension of the work.
2 2) The system of prodution
30/05/2014
Two boards in Science Cabinet #1 of the exhibit, with text referring to construction innovations and their system of production, developed by CES. Both are excerpts from the “The Nature of Order – An Essay on the Art of Building ...
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Locus Manifesto-exposition: CES presented the construction innovation on the use of cone-tiles for building a domed vault, as applied in the village school in Bavra, India.
3 3) Close-up of the ribs made of stacked cone-tiles
30/05/2014
Three boards in Science Cabinet #1, illustrating the basic construction steps followed by the villagers for the making of the domed vault, made from ribs of cone-tiles stacked to form arches.
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Locus Manifesto-exposition: CES presented a short excerpt from "Notes on the Synthesis of Form", highlight the mathematical background of Christopher Alexander
30/05/2014
Three consecutive pages from the “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” Appendix 2: titled “Mathematical Treatment of Decomposition – Mathematical Proof from Notes”, each one mounted on a board and bound together, in Science Cabinet #1 of the exhibit.
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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture: Information provided to Locus Foundation regarding Christopher Alexander
3 3) Buildings and Projects
18/03/2014
Three documents on Christopher Alexander’s biography and his academic and professional works, for being included in the foundation’s event publication. .
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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture: Message from Christopher Alexander
18/03/2014
Message sent to the exhibit curator Java Revedin, founder and president of Locus, to be read at the award ceremony, since Christopher Alexander did not manage to attend the event.
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Global Award for Sustainable Architecture: Selection of books and C.E.S. scientific publications
18/03/2014
A list of twenty eight books, articles and other scientific publications for being exhibited in the scientific cabinets devoted to Christopher Alexander and C.E.S., submitted to the curators of the exhibition.
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Locus Manifesto-exposition "Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions": Photographs of the C.E.S. participation in the exhibit
30/05/2014
Four photographs of the Mexicali Project exhibited in the “Saving the People’s Habitat” section of the exposition.
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Locus Manifesto-exposition "Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions": Photographs of the C.E.S. participation in the exhibit
30/05/2014
Photographs of two of the Science Cabinets devoted to the research work of Christopher Alexander.
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Locus Manifesto-exposition "Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions": Photographs of the C.E.S. participation in the exhibit
01/04/2014
Selection of photographs and objects, prepared specifically for this exhibit, to illustrate the manifestation of eleven out of the fifteen fundamental geometric properties in nature, as formulated by Christopher Alexander; objects and photographs were exhibited in Science Cabinet 2, in ...
References
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
1964
“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.” This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In ...
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A Pattern Language
1977
“A Pattern Language” is the second volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to ...
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The Production of Houses
1985
The fifth volume in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “The Production of Houses” puts Alexander’s theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment Alexander ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations
1969 to
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 ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali
1975 to
1977
A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...
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Eishin Campus - High School and College Complex
1982 to
1987
The project was envisioned to be a new combined High School and College Complex for the Eishin Gakuen Foundation, in Saitama prefecture, outside Tokyo, and was designed as such. The campus was to be the working environment of a population ...
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"Thick Walls" Pattern
01/01/1967
Early formulation of pattern on a 2-page format with: Title of Pattern, Photo, Statement of Problem, Solution, Diagram, Author/s, Date, revision Date and Notes; included in “A Pattern Language”, pattern #196 Thick Walls. Revised in Sep-1970 .
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"Composite Bamboo Foam Beam" Pattern - Original
01/08/1969
Early formulation of pattern on a 2-page format with: Title of Pattern, Photo, Statement of Problem, Solution, Diagram, Author/s, Date, revision Date and Notes. Revised in May-1970 .
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"Front Door Bench" Pattern - Original
01/08/1969
Early formulation of pattern on a 2-page format with: Title of Pattern, Photo, Statement of Problem, Solution, Diagram, Author/s, Date, revision Date and Notes; included in “A Pattern Language”, pattern #242 Front Door Bench. Revised May-1970.
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Houses Generated by Patterns: Illustrating the patterns proposed for the project design
01/01/1969
Nine images of special construction activities, depicting the existing activity-patterns of people in Peru, which were used in the formation of the pattern language for the project, and specifically for illustrating the “Construction Patterns” .
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The Campus of Eishin: Laying out the site plan on the ground - Photographs
01/10/1982
One of the many occasions when Mr. Hisae Hosoi and Christopher Alexander went together to study the project site. The photo was exhibited at the Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2, ...
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The Campus of Eishin: Laying out the site plan on the ground and then finally transferring it to a final site plan - Photographs of drawings
2 2) Site plan - black white reversal
01/11/1982
Final scale site plan of the Eishin Campus, presents the outcome of the design process, which included the layout on the ground and its testing with numerous sketches and models in various scales. It should be noted that the three ...
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