UNIV 118A:
THE CREATIVE DRIVE:
CREATIVITY IN ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC AND SCIENCE

Drawings and Photographs of Buildings Examined in Lecture
27 September 2000

Existing Conditions
The layout of Seaside responds to pre-existing and man-made conditions as follows. Two large gorges providing access to the beach determine the location of the central square and the easternmost street. Existing wooded areas are preserved along the diagonal avenue and in open areas around the tennis club and city hall. High ground determines the locations of the tennis club and one of the small squares. A central square opens to the south, increasing the building frontage on the ocean. The existing grid of Seagrove Beach to the east is received and extended to provide multiple access points and social continuity. The new street grid is left open to the north allowing access to the inland lake at some future time.

Public Buildings
The major public buildings (town hall, school, chapel, adn tennis club) are located inland to activate those areas farthest from the shore. These buildings are bound to the central square by corresponding public spaces: secondary square, major avenue and market square. Pavilions at the termini of each north-south street belong to the residents of these streets. Two larger clubhouses in the central square provide beachfront colonies for residents of the east-west streets. The southern portion of the central square will contain small public buildings responding in an ad hoc manner to changing needs in the early years of the town. The plans of the public buildings as shown in the drawing are hypothetical, since most have not yet been desined, or are only now under consideration. Public buildings are not subject to the urban code except for the provision that they be painted white, which is to insure public identity despite a size that could often be less than that of private buildings.

Private Buildings
The private buildings may be houses, apartments, shops, offices, hotels, motels, or workshops. Building forms will be generated by the provisions of the code as interpreted by many designers. Building uses are not strictly controlled as in conventional codes, but loosely determined by a conjunction of specified building form and urban location. This drawing approximates how Seaside would be completed if the building envelopes were all filled to the maximum.

Views of Seaside