Report

Frankfurt Parkstadt Project: User Apartment Plans

01/11/1995

Project Report

43-page report describes the innovative development of basic apartment archetypes that were then designed as phenotypes in manifold variations. These archetypes were 5 and 8 meters wide in one direction and variable in the other direction. In addition, these apartments were tested with participatory design, where users actually created floor plans that were then transformed into actual plans.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, et al., Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hansjoachim Neis, Hajo Neis and Associates, Frankfurt, Germany

Language:

English, German

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Content of

Project

Frankfurt Parkstadt Housing Project 1995 to 1996

Hoechst, Frankfurt, Germany

Residential, Designed , Not built

Client:

Hoechst Pharmaceutical Company, Housing Department - Dr. Harald Kloetsch

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander

Design and construction process:

Innovations in user participation

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for layout on the site by users Preliminary Design stage completed

The Frankfurt Parkstadt Unterliederbach project included the development of a new urban neighborhood in a landscaped setting, for Hoechst Pharmaceutical in Frankfurt West, close to the international airport and the river Main, a housing project both for Hoechst employees and ...

References

Scientific Research

Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Participation of Users

Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...

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