Go BackArch. 201, Spring 1987 – Pasadena Multi-Family Housing: Building rules & sequences developed and tested in the studio project
20/04/1987Seven sets of student notes, 29 pages in total, on the use of rules regarding “Streets & Open Space” in the studio project, on the following topics: 1) Study of streetscape – How it is affected by 1 & 2 story building elevations; 2) Depth of space from street; 3) Percentage of open space; 4) Average street width as an indicator; 5) Width of street / open space: Average & Deviation; 6) Open space characteristics; 7) Evaluation of the set-back space.
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Designing with Patterns and Generic Rules for Making Centers
Pattern languages consist of a multitude of patterns which reflect and define a way of life, people's inner feelings and aspirations, they relate to culture, to climate and to the actual place, and they are rooted in observation. During the pattern ...
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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 ...