Model & Mock-up

Second Sala House: Leopard Molds

01/01/1987

Mock-up

Two full-scale paper mock-ups of a leopard figure, one mounted on a square piece of Plexiglas and the second on plywood.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

11 3/4"x11 3/4"

Scale:

1'=1'

Content of

Construction Innovation

Second Sala House: Leopard molds 1987

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Yellow painted wooden molds for the manufacturing of the clay leopards to be used as inserts in the colored concrete floor.

Contents

Models & Mock-ups

References

Scientific Research

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

Projects

Sala House Addition 1986 to 1988

700 Hillside, 94706, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jan-1988

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Andre and Anna Sala

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Steven Duff, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$80,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control

Two-storey 700 square feet addition to the exisitng house, connected with it at the west facing wall. The extension includes a living room, a bedroom and a bathroom with hot tub. Wood post and beam interior with pine paneling ...

Photographs

Second Sala House: Leopard molds used during the pouring of the concrete floor - Photographs of mold 01/01/1987

Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

The wooden leopard mold.