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The Production Of Houses (Center For Enviornmental Structure Series) By Alex

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Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
Type
Illustrated Book
Age Level
Adults
Title
The Production Of Houses
ISBN
9780195032239

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195032233
ISBN-13
9780195032239
eBay Product ID (ePID)
47365

Product Key Features

Book Title
Production of Houses
Number of Pages
381 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1985
Topic
Buildings / Residential, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture
Author
Christopher Alexander
Book Series
Center for Environmental Structure Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.7 Oz
Item Length
5.7 in
Item Width
8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
82-014097
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
690/.837
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTIONI. THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTIONII. THE MEXICALI PROJECT1: The Architect Builder2: The Builder's Yard3: The Collective Design of Common Land4: The Layout of Individual Houses5: Step by Step Construction6: Cost Control7: The Human Rhythm of the ProcessIII. LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONIV. THE SHIFT OF PARADIGMPOSTSCRIPT ON COLORACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Synopsis
As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books--The Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, and The Oregon Experiment--defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind ofenvironment he has envisioned.The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern Mexico. Each house is different and the book explains howeach family helped to lay out and construct its own home according to the family's own needs and in the framework of the pattern language. Numerous diagrams and tables as well as a variety of anecdotes make the day-today process clear.The Mexican project, however, is only the starting point for a comprehensive theory of housing production. The Production of Houses describes seven principles which apply to any system of production in any part of the world forhousing of any cost in any climate or culture or at any density.In the last part of the book, "The Shift of Paradigm," Alexander describes, in detail, the devastating nature of the revolutionin world view which is contained in his proposal for housing construction, and its overall implications for deep-seated cultural change., In this book, Christopher Alexander puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can produce the environment he envisions. He provides a fascinating account of a group of houses in northern Mexico that he and his associates built according to his theories--examining each structure, showing how each was designed to meet the occupants' needs, and how each related to the framework of a pattern language. It is a concrete example of his ideasin action, revealing their vast potentional for advancing cultural change., As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books--The Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, the Oregon Experiment, and The Linz Cafe--defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment he has envisioned.The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern Mexico. Each house is different and the book explains how each family helped to lay out and construct its own home according to the family's own needs and in the framework of the pattern language. Numerous diagrams and tables as well as a variety of anecdotes make the day-today process clear. The Mexican project, however, is only the starting point for a comprehensive theory of housing production. The Production of Houses describes seven principles which apply to any system of production in any part of the world for housing of any cost in any climate or culture or at any density. In the last part of the book, "The Shift of Paradigm," Alexander describes, in detail, the devastating nature of the revolution in world view which is contained in his proposal for housing construction, and its overall implications for deep-seated cultural change., As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books-- The Timeless Way of Building , A Pattern Language , and The Oregon Experiment --defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment he has envisioned. The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern Mexico. Each house is different and the book explains how each family helped to lay out and construct its own home according to the family's own needs and in the framework of the pattern language. Numerous diagrams and tables as well as a variety of anecdotes make the day-today process clear. The Mexican project, however, is only the starting point for a comprehensive theory of housing production. The Production of Houses describes seven principles which apply to any system of production in any part of the world for housing of any cost in any climate or culture or at any density. In the last part of the book, "The Shift of Paradigm," Alexander describes, in detail, the devastating nature of the revolution in world view which is contained in his proposal for housing construction, and its overall implications for deep-seated cultural change., As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books-- The Timeless Way of Building , A Pattern Language , and The Oregon Experiment --defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment he has envisioned. The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern Mexico. Each house is different and the book explains how each family helped to lay out and construct its own home according to the family's own needs and in the framework of the pattern language. Numerous diagrams and tables as well as a variety of anecdotes make the day-today process clear. The Mexican project, however, is only the starting point for a comprehensive theory of housing production. The Production of Houses describes seven principles which apply to any system of production in any part of the world for housing of any cost in any climate or culture or at any density. In the last part of the book, The Shift of Paradigm, Alexander describes, in detail, the devastating nature of the revolution in world view which is contained in his proposal for housing construction, and its overall implications for deep-seated cultural change.
LC Classification Number
NA7110
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Martinez, Julio, Davis, Howard, Corner, Don

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