Master Plan for the University of Oregon: Theory and Practice

01/08/1971
Project Report

403-page second draft of a project report on the preparation of a master plan for the University of Oregon. The report has to halves; Part 1 deals with theory and Part 2 deals with practice. Part 1 outlines the theoretical ideas considered essential to the C.E.S. planning theory, and could be treated as a theory which replaces the predominant theory of master plans. In Part 2 this theory is applied to the University of Oregon, by constructing a full scale master plan, according to the tenets of the theory. Part 1_Theory includes six chapters and Part 2_Practice includes three chapters. Chapter 1) The Function of a Master Plan; Chapter 2) Participation; Chapter 3) Balance; Chapter 4) Piecemeal Process; Chapter 5) The Emergence of a Whole; Chapter 6) Administrative Processes deal with the theory and they were more or less complete. Chapter 7) Patterns contains eighty two patterns, also more or less complete, as well; Chapter 8) the Diagnosis then at a preliminary level, illustrates the form in which the final diagnosis should be organized; Chapter 9) Projects includes indicative information about approximately 20 projects which could be developed by the University of Oregon in the twenty years to follow, as well as a sample project for the College of Education.

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