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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing
16/11/1987138-page draft of the Pasadena Zoning Ordinance, which includes sequences of design which have been omitted from the submitted ordinance. The document is organized in four chapters: Chapter 1) Intent of the Ordinance, with three sections; Chapter 2) Ordinance Standards, with three sections, including Consultants’ Disagreements about Standards; Chapter 3) Application Procedure, with three sections, including the Layout Process; Chapter 4) Miscellaneous Provisions.
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...
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The Sequence of Unfolding - Generative Codes for the Design Process
In architecture, as in other things, the "right" sequence is of vital importance. It is a generative sequence of progressive differentiations, which allow space to unfold in the right order. Each differentiation acts on the product of the previous ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Answering to a request for an updated progress-report on the work-phases outlined in the contract. Four phases are listed with their respective estimated percentage of completion
01/09/1987
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Re: Notes on meeting with the consultants of October 20, 1987, and status of work. Memorandum providing minutes and agreements from the meeting as well as next meeting date of 20-November-1987
27/10/1987
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Re: Memorandum of consultant's disagreements about standards. Detailed review of three main areas of disagreement between the consultants and of the lack of agreement to date. Asking for the involvement of the Task Force in the discussions toward solutions
16/11/1987
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing
1 1st copy
06/08/1987
159-page draft of the 16-Nov-1987 project report in two parts. Part One: Philosophy and Intent, with the following four chapters, 1) Intent of the Ordinance; 2) The Coherence of the Neighborhood; 3) Examples of Individual Projects; 4) Density. Part Two: ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Draft
16/11/1987
103-page draft of the 16-Nov-1987 project report in three chapters. Its chapter and subchapter titles are different but the contents are similar and include extensive editing on text and suggestions on language tone. It is organized as follows: Chapter 1) ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Draft prepared by the Center for Environmental Structure
10/10/1987
178-page draft organized in four chapters with a Preface: Chapter 1) Intent of the Ordinance; Chapter 2) Use of the Ordinance (includes the layout process intended as a helpful guide to the applicant); Chapter 3) Ordinance Standards; Chapter 4) Examples.
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Reference Drawings - Maps
01/07/1982
Three maps provided by the City of Pasadena, each focusing on a different aspect of the area under study: 1) Interim study areas (ISD) which require use permit and design review; 2) Areas which require design review and compliance with ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Design Development Drawings - Site plans
01/01/1987
Seven site plans of representative residential areas of the city. Six areas belong to the RM32 density and one to the RM48. Used as model areas for the development of the new ordinance .
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Design Development Drawings - Example for Layout Process
01/01/1987
Example for the layout process for narrow lot with depressed parking. Four drawings illustrating the stages to be followed by the applicants for preparing their permit application forms: Form 1 – Context map with proposed location of main garden; Form ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Instructions for Completing the Planning Permit Application for RM-16, RM-32 and RM -48 Districts
07/08/1987
19-page of instructions to be used in conjunction with the Zoning Ordinance when applying for a building permit. All projects proposed to be built in any density zone require the following Information which includes six aspects: 1. The context and ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Pasadena Design Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing - A City of Gardens
25/04/1988
46-page final draft of the Ordinance submitted to the Pasadena Multi-Family Task Force. New zoning ordinance for the city’s multi-family housing areas that would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena’s heritage. ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Illustrative Site Designs for Multi-Family Housing in Pasadena - Part II: Sites with Existing Bungalows
30/07/1988
37-page report laying out thirteen examples of case studies in which various proposed densities are applied to new house designs added on lots with existing bungalows; lot sizes vary. Examples are valued according to a scale ranging between ‘good schemes’ ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Minutes of meeting on parking schemes
16/11/1987
Five pages describing the pros and cons between the various proposals presented for the four types of parking and their suggested densities and location: proposals relating to the various lot sizes of the RM-32 & RM-48 zones. Issues also discussed: ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Position Papers
5 5) Position paper 2 - edited version
01/01/1987
Collection of the nine initial ‘position papers’ presenting the consultants’ solutions after investigating the existing problems of the areas under study. The 25-page collection includes the following ‘position papers’: 1) Replacing current density measures with context-sensitive FAR; 2) Parking ratio; ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing: Comparison DSA/C.E.S. Schemes
03/11/1987
35-page comparative study between the density schemes prepared by the DSA and the C.E.S. for zones RM-16 and RM-32 of Pasadena. The types of density requirements compared are: 1. Open Space; 2. Main Garden; 3. Open space and density; 4. ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing - Generative Sequence for Apartment Buildings: Photographs of sketches
8 8) Example of a sequential development of three adjacent lots, showing how each new project enhances what the previous one did
01/01/1987
Eleven major steps define the generative sequence which allows the designer to produce a design for a particular site by an unfolding process that meet the necessary conditions for a good apartment building. A sequence of sketches by Christopher Alexander ...
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Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-Family Housing - Generative Sequence for Apartment Buildings: Photographs of drawings
2 2) Higher density areas - Four apartment building plans generated by the sequence, in different conditions
01/01/1987
Two sets of examples of apartment buildings generated by the generative sequence; the first refers to low density areas, and the second to higher density areas.