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The Upham House: Hand-made, painted and glazed lily tiles – Photographs of mock-up

01/01/1991

Mock-up, Design Process

Two photographs of the tests taking place on site for deciding on shape and size of ornamental tiles; in the first one a lily sketch mounted on a wooden board is seen, while in the second one two differently sized and colored octagonal smaller ornaments.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

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Color

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Construction Innovation

Upham House: Hand-made, painted and glazed lily tiles 1991

Work of Art for Project, Hand-made Tilework

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Lizabeth Chester

Low relief clay tiles produced from the plaster mold of the first successful original tile; four different variations of color combinations were tested on the site. The ones embedded in the stem wall of the foundation were the yellow lily ...

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Projects

House for Chris Upham and Stephanie Upham 1989 to 1994

37 Poppy Lane, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1994

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher and Stephanie Upham

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Carl Lindberg, Gary Black, James Maguire

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$439,000

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

Two-story family house, with 2,400 square feet floor area, designed with the participation of the clients. The construction of a massive 15 high foot high retaining wall and sewer reconstruction caused by unusual hill condition added $96,000 to the house ...

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