Correspondence

Neighborhood of Five Houses: Clarifying the agreed upon terms between the Center for Environmental Structure as general contractor and all the families involved, during the meeting earlier that day

18/12/1994

Contractual, Memorandum

Sender:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Phil Dopson, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

Neighborhood of Five Houses 1992 to 1995

Lake Travis, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1995

Client:

Representative - Mrs. Linda Gioja

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure with Carl Lindberg

Project cost:

Total project price: $800,000

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

Cluster of five houses with common land and communal structures, located on Lake Travis, outside Austin, Texas; only three out of the initial five houses were built. The three house designs were made in close consultation with each family, which ...

References

Correspondence

Neighborhood of Five Houses: Gioja House: Forwarding a memo clarifying references made in a previous draft and updating on the bank progress made; requesting a call back 27/09/1995

Project, Contractual, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Geoffrey Gioja, Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter