Go BackSweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall Panel with Doorway – Preliminary Design Drawings
01/03/1985Nine sheets of pen initial sketches and pencil hardline drawings with dimensions.
Drawing:
- 1) Sketch of wall with two arched doorways by Christopher Alexander
- 2) Another sketch by Christopher Alexander, variation of the previous one
- 3) Preliminary elevation, which was dismissed
- 4) Preliminary elevation, further evolved in the next design stage
- 5) Sketch by Christopher Alexander showing the transition between the wall surface and the arched opening
- 6) Thick wall axonometric showing the basic elements and dimensions of the arched doorway
- 7) Thick wall axonometric showing its basic elements and dimensions
References
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Walls - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1985
Two views of a cardboard full scale mock-up of a thick wall, built in situ, which depict the detail of an arched opening at the point the arch meets the wall, and the articulation of the wall at the meeting ...
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall with Doorway - Photographs
01/01/1985
Six photographs of the thick wall panel with arched doorway depicted during its production and installation.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Hand-painted Office Interiors - Photographs
01/01/1986
Two photographs of the hand-painted interior.