A Transparent Building Process: An Example of a Building Manual for Self Help Housing and the Organization of the Building Process

01/01/1977

Student Work, M.Arch Thesis

299-page Master of Architecture thesis with the following Table of Contents: Part One: The Mexicali Project – A case study; Part Two: An example of building manual for self-help housing; Part Three: The organization of a building process for self-help housing. Christopher Alexander was the Committee Chairman.

Content of

Academic Course 1 Items

Guidance and supervision of students in the Master of Architecture Program 1977

M.Arch Thesis and Professional Reports submitted for partial completion of the Master of Architecture Program; construction experience special study course for graduate students.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Dynamics of a Growing Neighborhood - Rules and Patterns for Laying out a Neighborhood

Neighborhoods and communities grow and change over time, and the effect of time on the process of its adaptation on real needs is huge, and leads to types and styles of order quite different from any planned arrangement, based on ...

Projects 1 Items

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...