Drawing

Berryessa House: Sketches

01/02/1981

Architectural Design, Sketches, Elevation

Three pages with various early sketch studies of elevations.

Drawing:

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper, Photocopy

Size:

13"x15 3/4", 6"x8 1/2", 12"x14"

Content of

Project 1 Items

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized, Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

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 and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

References

Photographs 1 Items

Berryessa House: Photographs of sketches 01/02/1981

Project, Drawing

Photographer:

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

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", 4"x 4 3/4", B&W

Digitized

Three early sketches of elevations by Christopher Alexander, depicting the volumes of the house.