Drawing

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Preliminary Design Drawings – Building layout on site

01/01/1994

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Site Plan, Section

One drawing which depicts the various building sections juxtaposed on the topographic survey map.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Project 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar 1993 to 1995

Lake Tomahawk, WI, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed, Not built

Client:

Mrs. Mary LaMar and Mr. Michael Price

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, James Maguire, David Soffa

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Vacation house overlooking Tomahawk Lake, on a site with pronounced slop and existing cottage. The wish of the client, to preserve part of the cottage, was seriously considered and it was incorporated successfully into the design of the new house. ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...