Photograph

C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Photographs of sketches

01/01/1977

Drawing

The first sketch of Martinez, a pencil sketch of the side elevation of the house, drawn by Christopher Alexander.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"x10", B&W

Content of

Project 1 Items

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House 1977 to 1984

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized, Construction completed in 1984

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Jonathan Fefferman, Harissos Tsiringas, Gary Black, David Dacus, Olasheni Agbabiaka

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$120,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

The second building completed on the Martinez site, was a 2,000 square feet house. A gunite all-concrete building as well, it was the first sizable and fully functional project in which C.E.S. used gunite, while applying all permit and specification ...

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

Drawings 1 Items

Moshav Shorashim: Generic diagram of the initial settlement idea, which was not adopted 01/01/1977

Architectural Design, Project, Sketches, Site Plan, Simulation Plan

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Digitized

Three early sketches in sequence, simulating the growth of the settlement along a central axis, a scheme which was not implemented.