West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Lighting fixtures for the building

1995

Work of Art for Project, Lighting Fixture

Design, fabrication and installation of lighting fixtures for the dining room, one type for the ceilng and another for the wall. The ceiling light fixture is a circle of lights, hanging from a point, in the form of candelabras –hanging lights with many small lights attached to them. The wall cove lights design features echo those of the ceiling lights. .

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

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Project

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center 1994 to 1996

Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in Nov. 1995

Client:

Edward James Foundation

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, John Hewitt, students from "The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture", students from Portsmouth University

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure, as Management Contractor and General Contractor of record, with John Hewitt as Project Manager

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Innovativ

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...

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