Construction Innovation

Berryessa Terraced House: Concrete column base for wooden column

1981

Building Detail, Column Shaping

Simple timber – concrete combination in the construction of concrete bases for the timber columns of the veranda .

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou

Content of

Project

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

Contents

Drawings

Berryessa Terraced House: Concrete Column Base for Wooden Column - Design Development Drawings 01/01/1981

Design Development, Details

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Size:

Extract from 24"x30 1/2" drawing

Scale:

1/2"=1'

Drawing with elevation, vertical and horizontal sections of the concrete column base and its connection to the wooden column.

Records

Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls 01/01/1981

Construction Works, Construction Process

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

8-page document outlines three important building operations of the project, namely the following: Pitched Concrete Roof, Post and Beam Wall with Concrete Exterior, and Concrete Column Base for Wooden Column. Each Building Operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart and ...

Photographs

Berryessa Terraced House: Timber post and concrete base - Photographs of mock-up 01/03/1982

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Full scale mock-up of the concrete base for the five timber 6″x6″ posts, located on top of the stone wall of the veranda in front of the living room .