Tag Archives: Housing

Severely Constrained Design

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Graham Shawcross

When a design problem is severely constrained it becomes possible to generate all solutions to the problem. That is, it is possible to close out the problem. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the design of British Local Authority 2 and 3 … Continue reading →

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A Dream World

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Graham Shawcross

A Dream World: A Celestial Geometer imagines a world made up entirely of the following diagram He asks a handy systems analyst newly arrived in heaven, after a life of endless toil working on CAAD, to design a computer database … Continue reading →

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Aesthetics

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Graham Shawcross

Aesthetics: Successor to Plain and Provisional investigating what sort of aesthetics might be appropriate and sustainable. implicit order Repetition, grouping, alternation etc of elements effects perceived order. pattern                         … Continue reading →

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Plain and Provisional

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Graham Shawcross

Plain and Provisional: A largely visual argument occasioned by 2 well known Manchester housing schemes. 1 Lovell East Manchester Exemplar Housing       In Venturi and Brown terms, this scheme is definitely a Duck. Plans manipulated to provide interesting … Continue reading →

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