Experiments and mock-ups for low-cost heavy timber house of 80 m2

View of a one-third full-size timber model of a low-cost heavy timber house of 80 m2, built in the C.E.S. workshop for experimenting with the qualities of heavy timber as a material that could be shaped and carved as a ...

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...