Moore House: Wall and windows model

01/01/1998

Model

One balsawood wall study-model of window and door openings in relation to the elements forming them: columns, panels under the openings, stem wall and footing; included are two paper versions of window-opening variations .

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

2"x21 1/16"

Scale:

3/4"=1'

Content of

Project

House for Helen and Myles Moore 1996 to 2000

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed , Not built

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Myles and Helen Moore

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Cast masonry and metal-framed house for chemically sensitive client.

References

Drawings

Moore House: Sketches 11/09/1998

Architectural Design, Project, Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Five early sketches of house elevations.