Berryessa Terraced House: Preliminary Design Drawings

01/05/1981

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Floor Plan

Three hardline pencil drawings depicting studies of the house volumes and the other supportive structures on the lot. The first drawing shows the shell structure of the various building volumes with their structural elements, the second focuses on wall openings and window sizes and the third shows the framing plan of the main house volumes.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

24"x43

Content of

Project

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

Contents

Drawings