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Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor
1995850 hand-made tiles with flower, cast in blue and white terrazzo, ground and polished for the terrace floor; mockups and experimentation for developing the flower mold and the way of making them were developed in a construction course, and the tiles were produced by five students under the guidance of a project supervisor.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor; wooden and rubber molds
01/01/1995
Two wooden tile molds, one with a low relief pattern, another with a carved pattern, and a third silicon mold. All three were used for casting the 800 blue and white terrazzo tiles used for the terrace floor.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor; paper mockup
01/01/1995
A full-sale paper mockup of the terrazzo pattern, drawn free-hand in black-ink, on tracing paper .
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor; tile mockup
01/01/1995
A final-stage test of one terrazzo tile, used as a sample for the final reproduction of 800 more tiles, which composed the terrace terrazzo floor.
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor for the house terrace - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1995
Four photographs of the floor tiles mock-ups and experiments; the first of a test tile; the second of comparing two variations of the pattern size included in one tile; and the other two of tiles arrays, for checking the overall ...
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor for the house terrace - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1995
Nine photographs giving a general overview of the floor tiles making sequence, the first one being the flower mold and the last one a sample of the tile produced for the terrazzo floor. This was the process followed for the ...
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The Sullivan House: Blue and white terrazzo floor for the house terrace - Photographs
01/01/1996
Photograph of the finished terrace terrazzo floor.
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Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process
The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...
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Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding
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 ...