Arch. 201, Spring 1987 – Pasadena Multi-Family Housing: Pasadena Multi-Family Housing Master Thesis

01/10/1987

Student Work, Professional Report

115-page professional report for the Master of Architecture; on finding an alternative for the multi-family housing areas in Pasadena, which will maintain the qualities of the garden city it used to be. It is a notebook documenting the Fall 1987 Arch. 201 design studio and the approach followed to find the alternative.

Authors:

John Raymond Byram, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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Academic Course

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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 ...