Master Plan for the University of Oregon: Alternative Proposal for the Student Union

01/01/1970

Design Matters, Proposal Brief

6-page revised proposal, which includes a detailed analysis of the six problems diagnosed and a proposal for addressing the solution of all six problems. It includes proposals for the distribution of money, the areas to be developed and the squre feet required, followed by illustrations of proposed locations.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, Denny Abrams, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Project 1 Items

Master Plan for the University of Oregon 1967 to 1973

Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Master Planning, Educational, Realized, Completed in 1971 and impletented

Client:

University of Oregon - Mr. Robert S. Harris, Dean of the School of Architecture and Chairman of the user planning committee

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, Denny Abrams

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by clients and C.E.S. Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Generic rules for urban growth process Diagnosis and repair process

A complete user-based master plan for the University of Oregon, in Eugene, introducing a new planning theory, which replaced the predominant theory of master plans. It gave primacy to the use of pattern languages and user design, in the continuous ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

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

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

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 ...

Correspondence 1 Items

The University of Oregon: Analyzing all corrections and observations made by the Union Planning Commitee of the University of Oregon, during the review of a proposal report of the project, submitted to them 01/01/1970

Project, Design Matters, Clarifications

Sender:

Nancy, Associated Students, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Murray Silverstein, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter