Photograph

West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Photographs of building interior

01/02/2016

Interior View

Two images of the thick cross wall with its arched openings and column capitals as finally shaped, separating the dining room from its lobby.

Photograph:

Photographer:

Dan Klynn, Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Project 1 Items

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center 1994 to 1996

Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Civic, Realized, Construction completed in Nov. 1995

Client:

Edward James Foundation

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, John Hewitt, students from "The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture", students from Portsmouth University

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure, as Management Contractor and General Contractor of record, with John Hewitt as Project Manager

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Innovativ

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...

References

Drawings 1 Items

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Wainscot paneling in the dining room areas: Sketch of a detail 01/01/1995

Construction Innovation, Sketches, Details

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

One page with sketch studies of a cross-shaped decorative element for the wainscot paneling of the dining room and foyer walls.