Arcadië in Wederopbouw, Resurrecting Arcadia

01/11/1989

Article

Authors:

Friso Broeksma

Published in:

Fourum, Architectural Quarterly - Special Issue, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 3-25

Language:

Dutch, English

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"Arcadië in Wederopbouw / Resurrecting Arcadia" Article: Note to Christopher Alexander regarding photographs of the Berryessa house to be included in a forthcoming article on the work of C.E.S. 01/01/1989

Article Publication, Notification

Authors:

Friso Broeksma, Netherlands

Copies of nine photographs of interior and exterior views of the Berryessa house under construction, for being included in Broeksma’s article “Arcadië in Wederopbouw / Resurrecting Arcadia”, published in the Dutch FORUM Magazine.

References

Projects

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 ...
Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-family Housing 1987 to 1988

Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Zoning Ordinance, Residential, Realized , Completed in 1988 and implemented

Client:

Pasadena Multi-family Housing Task Force

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Friso Broeksma

Project cost:

$135,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by C.E.S. Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for building layout process Implementation process

The purpose of the draft ordinance was to define new guidelines which would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena's heritage. Respect for the existing physical qualities of the old Pasadena residential ...