C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Blue and White Color for Exterior Walls – Sketches

01/01/1984

Sketches

Two watercolor drawings, labeled as “Martinez House End Wall”, are a record of the color used for the exterior walls of the building. Drawings are numbered as 23.681 and 23.682; attached is a note “N/O Original files, Book 3, Chapter 18, on color”.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Construction Innovation

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Blue and white color for exterior walls 1984

Work of Art for Project, Hand-painted Exerior

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Christopher Alexander started to work on the color of the building from the early stages of its construction, when the concrete formwork was completed. He started mixing and testing different blues on the Martinez site to get the right wall ...

Contents

Drawings

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Blue and White Color for Exterior Walls - Sketches 01/01/1984

Sketches

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"
C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Blue and White Color for Exterior Walls - Sketches 01/01/1984

Sketches

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

References

Photographs

Fort Mason Bench: Photographs of the project during construction 14/04/1984

Project, Exterior View, Works in Progress

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Four images of the concrete bench and table, before the commencement of the terrazzo works.
C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Blue and white color for exterior walls - Photographs of drawings 01/01/1984

Construction Innovation, Sketches

Photographer:

Harissos Tsiringas/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Print

Characteristics:

8"x10", Color

Two photographs of the two watercolor sketches by Christopher Alexander, showing two alternatives of the blue and white color on the front end wall of the building, and another one containing both .