Users Involved in the Construction of their Project

The benefits of the involvement of the users in the actual construction of their houses under the guidance and management of the architect-builder or the contractor, besides the obvious economical, are manifested in the personal qualities and feeling of these houses, which is utterly absent in low income mass produced housing. Alexander was involved in low income housing projects and in low cost experimental construction techniques, trying in each one to improve the building process and techniques, which would lead to good buildings without increasing costs. The projects in Mexico, Colombia and Peru demonstarte his progress in this area. Alexander's experiments for low cost construction techniques led him to spent several weeks in a row, working on the building sites of projects he was their user. .
Areas of focus:
Design and Building Process
Guiding idea:
Participation of Users
Thoughts and Arguments Explored and Developed

The human rhythm of the process

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