Oregon Experiment

Author: Alexander
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is the master plan of the University of Oregon and has been implemented by the university. It also shows how any community or small town the size of a university can involve all its members in personally designing their future living environment. It is an example of putting the theory of the Environmental Structure Center into practice, demonstrating through simple details and numerous examples how to achieve the following six principles: organic order, participation, fragmented development model, diagnosis, and coordination. The core idea of this book is that people should design their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies radical changes to the construction industry), but it stems from the observation that most of the beautiful places in the world are built by locals rather than architects. This book is the master plan of the University of Oregon and has been implemented by the university. It also shows how any community or small town the size of a university can involve all its members in personally designing their future living environment. It is an example of putting the theory of the Environmental Structure Center into practice, demonstrating through simple details and numerous examples how to achieve the following six principles: organic order, participation, fragmented development, model, diagnosis, and coordination.