Berryessa Terraced House: Erecting the timber framing structure – Photographs

01/01/1983

Construction Process

Three photographs depicting the timber framing works, starting with the 6″x6″ Douglas Fir posts, and then the perimeter 6″x8″ perimeter beams and cross beams.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Print, Negative, Slide

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", 4"x5", Color, B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls 1981

Construction System, Combination of Timber Framework and Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou

Timber frame and concrete combination system: the vertical loads are taken by the interior post and beam system system, where columns and beams are simply pinned together by invinsible steel pins. All shear forces are taken by a one and ...

Contents

Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Innovation

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Projects

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

Photographs