Photograph

West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center – Door and window shaping: Photographs of windows during the process of visualizing them

01/09/1994

Mock-up, Work in Progress

By placing chairs and sitting down it was possible to get a first fix on the position, size, width and splay of the dining room large window openings.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Door and window shaping 1995

Building Detail, Window Shaping

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Derek Bonner

The window shapes in relation to the treatment of surrounding wall formed strong centers. The window itself, beautifully shaped and specially made with curved sash. The window surround, cast concrete; beyond the cast concrete herringbone brickwork. Below the window, emphasizing ...

References

Scientific Research

Projects

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center 1994 to 1996

Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in Nov. 1995

Client:

Edward James Foundation

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, John Hewitt, students from "The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture", students from Portsmouth University

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure, as Management Contractor and General Contractor of record, with John Hewitt as Project Manager

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 Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Innovativ

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...

Photographs

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Door and window shaping: Photographs 01/01/1996

Construction Innovation, Exterior View, Focus on Details

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Images of different windows in the building. Two images of the smaller windows on the north side of the building, three image of the dining room larger windows facing south, and one of the bay window in the entrance foyer. ...