Moshav Shorashim: Detailed notes by Christopher Alexander describing six days of laying out the settlement with the families on the site
01/05/1981Twelve typewritten pages with titles as follows: Layout Day 1, End of First Day, Second Day Tasks, End of Second Day, Third Day Open Questions, End of Third Day, Comments on Communal Plan at End of Third Day, Fourth Day, Fifth Day Preparations, Sixth Day, Tasks for Nili; two additional pages with handwritten calculations of areas.
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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
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Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules
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