Photograph

Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Giant white star – Photographs of drawings

01/01/1986

Drawing

Photograph of the carpentry workshop main elevation, with the giant white star placed on its front wall .

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Giant white star 1986

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Giant white star on the exterior wall of the carpentry workshop made of enamel painted wood.

References

Scientific Research

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

Projects

Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop 1985 to 1986

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in Apr-1986

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Seth Wachtel, Lance Dom

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$50,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

The third building completed on the Martinez site was a heavy timber carpentry workshop, 800 square feet of floor area, with 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams, specially engineered trusses and wood paneling. .