Geometric pattern tiles produced in the Center for Environmental Structure workshop for a client – Photographs of mock-up

01/07/1986

Mock-up

Two photographs of the geometric pattern of a tile, made out of four tiles, inspired by the Seljuk carpet geometry, but with different colors; variations of red, green and yellow are tested in each formation, in search of the most accurate color tones.

Photographer:

Kleoniki Tsotropoulou/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Work of Art

Tiles with geometric pattern, produced in the Center for Environmental Structure workshop for a client 1985

Personal Work of Art, Hand-glazed Tilework

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

400 hand-glazed tiles in red, green, yellow, white, turquoise for Mary Ann Reese's fireplace; ceramic paint on white porcelain tile.

Contents

Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Centers and Fields of Centers

Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...

Drawings

Photographs

Geometric pattern tiles produced in the Center for Environmental Structure workshop for a client - Photographs of mock-up 01/07/1986

Work of Art, Mock-up

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Images of three tile mock-ups of a single tile, for testing different color combinations, before proceeding to the next step of fine tuning colors.