Record

Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Office Design Sketches with Notes

01/01/1985

Design Matters, Layout Process

13 pages with sketches depicting different floor plans of working spaces belonging to the Sweet Potatoes clothing factory, with furniture arrangements user-selected and laid-out according to their needs. Some notes listing furniture chosen by people for their specific working areas, are also included. Four pages at the end depict sections through some working spaces showing them as being completed.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

Offices and Workshops for Sweet Potatoes Children's Clothing Factory 1985 to 1986

1509A San Pablo Avenue, 94702, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Offices & Workshops, Office Furniture, Realized , Construction completed in Apr-1986

Client:

Mrs. Anna Sala, Ms. Josie Jurcivina

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Mark Brinner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$20,000

Design and construction process:

1) Layout of the offices by "Sweet Potatoes" employees: They used a patented office furniture layout process developed by C.E.S. This process allowed users to work with C.E.S. staff to lay out all common areas and individual workstations for themselves. The result was a highly personalized plan of the office, generated entirely by "Sweet Potatoes" employees. 2) Design and fabrication of the individual pieces of furniture at the C.E.S. Workshop in Martinez 3) Installation of the furniture by C.E.S. Personnel: As pieces were completed, they were shipped to Sweet Potatoes, where the C.E.S. assembly crew installed the different items, including thick walls, columns, doorways, desks, lighting, ceilings, floors, cabinets, screens, chairs.

Project stages:

Office layout process used by clients Layout on site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development drawings done after layout Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions

2,300 square feet of interior office space for the management and administrative staff for "Sweet Potatoes" clothing factory to accommodate two partners and eleven employees. All interior furnishings, walls, floors, ceilings, lighting, built-in cabinets, desks, storage, chairs, tables, custom fitted ...

References

Scientific Research

Reports

The Personal Workplace: A New System of Office Furniture for the 21st Century 01/01/1986

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

324-page document that describes the theory and practice of a new kind of workplace. It is organized in two main parts, as follows: Introduction; Part One: Practice – 1. Examples of the new workplace in practice; 2. Available parts and ...