LaMar-Price House: Preliminary Design Drawings – Building layout on site

17/09/1994

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Layout Process

Serpentine Version 2, dated 17-Sep-1994 is noted on the drawing. Christopher Alexander’s second revised proposal of the building layout staked on site, overlaid with thick continuous line above the initial layout.

Content of

Project 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar 1993 to 1995

Lake Tomahawk, WI, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed , Not built

Vacation house overlooking Tomahawk Lake, on a site with pronounced slop and existing cottage. The wish of the client, to preserve part of the cottage, was seriously considered and it was incorporated successfully into the design of the new house. ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site

Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...

Correspondence 2 Items

Drawings 1 Items

LaMar-Price House: Preliminary Design Drawings - Building layout on site

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Layout Process

Initial proposal of the building layout staked on site.

Photographs 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Photographs of layout process on the land 14/09/1994

Project, Layout Process on Site

Nine photographs of the “C.A.” stake-out version; some photos are taped together to show panorama and full height of trees.