Arch. 201, Spring 1987 – Pasadena Multi-Family Housing: Building rules & sequences developed and tested in the studio project

01/03/1987

Design Studio Course, Teaching Assignment

Material provided to the students to be used in the studio project development: 1) “Summary of Present Rules” in effect in Pasadena focused on three levels of density, accompanied with the three types of lots to be studied; 2) Sketches of various lots in their real context with their type noted; 3) List of students with the lots assigned to each one.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Academic Course

Design studio on the Pasadena Multi-family Housing 1987

University Program:

Master of Architecture

Course type:

Graduate Design Studio

Course number:

Arch. 201

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou

Enrolled students:

John Raymond Byram, Catherine Drayton, Stephen Duff, You-Tien Hsing, Fanta Lawrence, Shengfong Lin, Anne Phillips, Randall Schmidt, Margaret Sheehan, Masanori Tada, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

The Spring 1987 design studio addressed the generative sequences for the process of design and the issuance of building permits for a new class of apartment buildings in Pasadena, which would respect its tradition by making the garden the most ...

Contents

Course Material

References

Projects

Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-family Housing 1987 to 1988

Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Zoning Ordinance, Residential, Realized , Completed in 1988 and implemented

Client:

Pasadena Multi-family Housing Task Force

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Friso Broeksma

Project cost:

$135,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by C.E.S. Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for building layout process Implementation process

The purpose of the draft ordinance was to define new guidelines which would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena's heritage. Respect for the existing physical qualities of the old Pasadena residential ...