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The Experimental Housing project (PREVI), Lima _Design and Technology in a New Neighborhood; excerpt from the book

01/01/2015

Reference Document

27-page excerpt from the book by Peter Land, which includes the Table of Contents of the book, its Introduction, and a summary of the PREVI international competition, with selected drawings and photographs of the realized pilot projects.

Authors:

Peter Land, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

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Content of

Project

Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations 1969 to 1970

11km north of Lima, Lima, Peru

Master Planning, Low Cost Housing, Realized , Invited Competition, Proposal submitted in 1970

Client:

Mr. Peter Land, United Nations coordinator of PREVI project

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel

Sponsor:

United Nations

Project cost:

$1,800-$3,800 / house

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Generic rules for choice process Preliminary Design Innovative construction methods

Master plan for a community of 1500 houses, submitted as one out of twelve other competition entries for the United Nations sponsored international housing competition PREVI (Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda). The Center for Environmental Structure was chosen as the ...
Peru Project - Fourteen Low Cost Houses 1971 to 1975

11km north of Lima, Lima, Peru

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Invited Competition, Pilot construction project completed in 1975

Client:

Mr. Peter Land, United Nations coordinator of PREVI project

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Sanford Hirshen, Sara Ishikawa, Christie Coffin, Shlomo Angel

Contractor:

Conglomerate of local Peruvian contractors

Sponsor:

United Nations

Project cost:

$75,000

Project stages:

Construction Drawings

Construction of one group of fourteen (14) houses, part of the first experimental pilot project, built together with the schemes of the other twelve architectural firms which participated in the international PREVI competition.

References

Reports

Vivienda Peru, Investigacion y experiencias: Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda PREVI 01/12/1975

Project, Reference Document

Authors:

Hilde Scheuch de Zamora, Carlos Jara Calderon, Lidia Galvez de Snider, Hugo Ruibal, Manuel Valega Razeto, Willy Silva Block, Javier Santollana, Raquel de Machiao, Franklin Taipe G., Ricardo Sumelzu, Republica de Peru, Ministerio de Vivienda y Construccion, Lima, Peru

Language:

Spanish

Official report published by the Peruvian Republic’s Ministry of Housing and Construction, presenting the experimental projects PREVI. They were organized as three different pilot projects, one being the PREVI international competition, focused on the development of new materials and construction ...