Harmony and Wholeness – P/A Profile Christopher Alexander

01/06/1986

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"Harmony and Wholeness - P/A Profile" article: Note with photocopies of the layout for the article on Christopher Alexander and a request to make contact with questions. Includes pictures and diagrams 01/01/1986

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Projects 9 Items

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House 1977 to 1984

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1984

The second building completed on the Martinez site, was a 2,000 square feet house. A gunite all-concrete building as well, it was the first sizable and fully functional project in which C.E.S. used gunite, while applying all permit and specification ...
Linz Café 1980

Linz , Austria

Commercial, Realized , Construction completed in Jul-1980

Built as part of the international exposition "Forum Design" and designed to be "portable". Wooden building overlooking the Danube, with the first floor of the building raised to clear the ten-foot-high river embarkment. Yellow and red exterior, three stories, 2,300 ...
Sala House 1981 to 1983

700 Hillside, 94706, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1983

Three-story tower, 20 feet by 20 feet in plan on each floor, on a wooded, sloping site. The interior structure of the house is wood post and beam with pine panelling and hand-painted surfaces, and the exterior is a red ...
Eishin Campus - High School 1982 to 1995

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

Educational, Realized , The first largest part was completed in 1985, the second part in 1988, and one more building was added in 1995

The High School is the part of the Eishin Campus that was constructed, with a total construction area of 12,000 square meters. It is a complex of thirty-five buildings, with pedestrian colonnaded streets, gates and gardens, and a lake with ...
Eishin Campus - High School: Central Hall 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

The Central Hall is located at the end of the homebase street. Α student gathering area with four-foot-thick concrete base walls and arched openings, with built-in benches, which double as entrances to the building. Arches and seats form alcoves, and ...
Eishin Campus - High School: Main Gate 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

The Main Gate is loated at the end of the entrance strteet. It is the main entrance to the High School, a three-story building with ornamental plaster and traditional grey smoked tile roof.
Eishin Campus - High School: Great Hall - Auditorium 1982 to 1986

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in May-1986

A large ceremonial building located at the main square and forming one edge of the lake. The main bridge that crosses the lake starts next to its massive podium. Its floor area is 14,000 square feet and has a three-story ...
Eishin Campus - High School: Gymnasium 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

The Gymnasium is a large, 11,340 square feet, wooden building, surrounded by the water of the lake and accessed through a bridge. The walls covered with black plaster, and the dark red metal roof give its exterior identity, and wood ...
Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

The Dining Hall is located on a high point of the site overlooking the lake, with an extensive lawn in front of it, and the bridge crossing the lake leading into it. It is a wooden, long and narrow building ...

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Works of Art 1 Items

Lounge table with two benches; table colored in red and green and benches in orange and yellow 1985

Personal Work of Art, Woodworking

A long rectangular table with two benches, made out of wood, for the C.E.S. office in Martinez. All colored in gouache on top of a layer of gesso over the wood, and then coated with varnish.

Construction Innovations 4 Items

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Correspondence 1 Items

Responding to an invitation to meet with Prince Charles, and forwarding two copies of articles on the Eishin School in Japan, asking if more information is needed 04/02/1990

Personal Archive, Personal Correspondence, Request for Feedback