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Two Swimming Pools and House Extension
1984 to 1985Hot tub and cold tub hand-worked in yellow, green and white terrazzo, surrounded by a marble decked outdoor room with seats. Trellised walk, stairs and decking through the house gardens leading to the spa area.
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Hot Spa: Photographs of the project during construction
01/10/1984
Early stage of construction works on site, with its surroundings.
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Hot Spa: Photographs of the project
01/12/1985
Three images of the trellised walks in the house garden leading to the hot spas.
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Hot Spa: Photographs of the project
01/12/1985
Two images of the hot and cold tubs hand-worked in yellow, green and white terrazzo, surrounded by a marble decked outdoor room with seats.
References
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
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Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties
Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...
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Strong Centers in all Levels of Scale
A building can only amount to something as a living thing when the various physical elements which appear in it are profound centers. The dominant feature of the process that is working correctly is that new centers are formed, and ...
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Hot Spa - Marble Terrazzo Pools - Photographs
01/12/1985
Close up view of the ornamental patterns in yellow, green and white, built with terrazzo marble dust and color pigments.
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Hot Spa - Marble Terrazzo Pools - Photographs
01/10/1985
Two images of the pools and the deck during construction, showing the styrofoam pieces set in the concrete, to be removed in turn, for being filled in later with marble dust and color pigments when the finished terrazzo surfaces are ...
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Hot Spa - Marble Terrazzo Pools - Photographs
01/12/1985
Image of the round pool with its deck focusing on the terrazzo works with ornaments in yellow, green and white.
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