Construction Innovation

West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Wainscot paneling in the dining room areas

1995

Building Detail, Wall Treatment

Wainscot paneling in the dining room and the foyer walls.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, John Hewitt

Content of

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 ...

Contents

Drawings

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Wainscot paneling in the dining room areas: Sketch of a detail 01/01/1995

Sketches, Details

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

One page with sketch studies of a cross-shaped decorative element for the wainscot paneling of the dining room and foyer walls.

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