Buildings that Have Life

01/01/1988

Paper

Authors:

Ismet Kahmbatta

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Manuscripts

Making a Building: Christopher Alexander and the Center for Environmental Structure 01/01/1987

Article Draft

Authors:

Ismet Khambatta, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Two drafts of an article on Integration of Architectural Design and Construction; the first one has pen note from Ismet Khambatta to Christopher Alexander requesting comments on article. Also includes a photocopy of a page from “Architecture and Construction” for ...

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Projects

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless 1986 to 1990

Julian St. & Montgomery St., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1989; final interior painting in 1990

Client:

Housing for Independent People - Al DiLudovico, Executive Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Carl Lindberg, James Maguire, Eleni Coromvli, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Oliver and Company, with Center for Environmetal Structure as major specialty subcontractor

Project cost:

$1,700,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by clients and C.E.S. Layout by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E

Design and construction of a shelter for homeless people, to serve 50 to 100 people, on a site of 13,000 sf. The building of 15,000 square feet includes offices, living areas with a dining hall, sleeping rooms, courtyards and gardens. ...
Pasadena Waldorf School 1986 to 1988

209 East Mariposa , Altadena, CA, U.S.A.

Educational, Designed , Not built

Client:

Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Waldorf School - Mr. Barry Sanders, President

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $2,000,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Master plan and building plans for ten buildings, including classrooms, assembly areas, gymnasium, workshops, and gardens; the total floor area of buildings was 24,000 square feet.