Photograph

The Campus of Eishin – High SchooI: Dining Hall – Photographs of the building

01/05/1985

Exterior View

The Dining Hall when its construction was completed, as one approached it, ascending the path.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Iruma-shi, Saitama, Japan

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Project

Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall 1982 to 1985

Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

Client:

Higashino High School - Hisae Hosoi, Managing Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hans-Joachim Neis, Gary Black, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Artemis Anninou

Contractor:

Fujita Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Construction Drawings done after layout Construction management along with on-site design decisions Innovative construction methods

The Dining Hall is located on a high point of the site overlooking the lake, with an extensive lawn in front of it, and the bridge crossing the lake leading into it. It is a wooden, long and narrow building ...