The University of Oregon Student Union Project: Proposal for Addition to ERB Memorial Student Union

01/01/1970

Design Process, Patterns for Project, Proposal Brief w/sketches

12-page proposal showing the eight steps evolving into the plan for the Erb Memorial Student Union; with sketches of floor plans and the explanation of patterns used for the proposal; including analysis of new areas with their sq. ft., adding to 39,842 sq. ft. total.

Authors:

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

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Content of

Project

Master Plan for the University of Oregon 1969 to 1971

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