Photograph

The Campus of Eishin – High School: College Buildings – The shaping of the classroom windows – Photographs

01/07/1987

Focus on Details

Two views of the windows in a large classrooms.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Iruma-shi, Saitama, Japan

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings classroom window shaping 1984

Building Detail, Window Shaping

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Artemis Anninou

Windows in the largest classrooms of the College Buildings, with harmonious internal organization in panes and glazing bars. Full-size mockups with various soft materials were developed until shapes and sizes worked harmoniously.

Contents

Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Projects

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings D and E 1982 to 1987

Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1987

Client:

Higashino High School - Hisae Hosoi, Managing Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hans-Joachim Neis, Gary Black, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Artemis Anninou

Contractor:

Fujita Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Project cost:

$1,500,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Construction Drawings done after layout Construction management along with on-site design decisions Innovative construction methods

The two college buildings on the north side of the College Complex were incorporated into the High School; they are located to the right and left of the Central Hall, flanked by the Arts and Science buildings. Each two-storey college ...

Drawings

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings classroom window shaping - Design Development Drawings 27/04/1984

Construction Innovation, Design Development, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

Extract from 24"x42" drawing

Scale:

1:50

Three elevation drawings depicting the windows of the large classrooms; the first as a parital interior elevation of the classroom and the other two as partial elevations of the two facades of the College buildings. .