Back-of-the-Moon Community: Coffered ceiling in the Goddu and Heisey houses – Photographs

01/11/1995

Interior View

Images of the exposed timber coffered ceilings with cross shaped ornaments at the intersection of the beams, as built in the living rooms of two houses.

Photograph:

1) Goddu house living room
2) Heisey house living room

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Lake Travis, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation 1 Items

Back-of-the-Moon Community: Coffered ceiling in the Goddu and Heisey houses 1994

Work of Art for Project, Coffered Ceiling

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt

Exposed wooden beam coffered ceiling in the living rooms, with a cross shaped wooden ornament at the intersection of the beams.

References

Projects 2 Items

Neighborhood of Five Houses: Heisey House 1992 to 1996

Lake Travis, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized, Construction completed in 1995

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. James and Sylvia Heisey

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure with Carl Lindberg

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

Design and construction of a family house for Jim and Sylvia Heisey, with an area of 2.000 square feet.
Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu House 1992 to 1996

Lake Travis, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized, Construction completed in 1995

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Patricia Goddu

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure with Carl Lindberg

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

Design and construction of a family house for Mike and Patricia Goddu, with an area of 2.500 square feet.