Construction Innovation

Eishin Campus – High School: College Buildings black shikkui wall ornaments

1986

Work of Art for Project, Plasterwork

An ornamental band in black shikkui just below the second floor windows runs around the all white second floor exterior wall of the building.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Content of

Project

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings D and E 1982 to 1987

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1987

Client:

Higashino High School - Hisae Hosoi, Managing Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hans-Joachim Neis, Gary Black, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Artemis Anninou

Contractor:

Fujita Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Project cost:

$1,500,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Construction Drawings done after layout Construction management along with on-site design decisions Innovative construction methods

The two college buildings on the north side of the College Complex were incorporated into the High School; they are located to the right and left of the Central Hall, flanked by the Arts and Science buildings. Each two-storey college ...

Contents

Drawings

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings black shikkui wall ornaments - Design Development Drawings 27/04/1984

Design Development, Details

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

Extract from 24"x42" drawing

Scale:

1:10

Detailed drawing of a section of the ornamental band, built in black shikkui plaster all around the exterior walls of the building, just below the second floor windows .

Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...