Drawing

The Campus of Eishin – High School: Design Development Drawings of College Building D – Sections

27/04/1984

Architectural Design, Design Development, Section

Drawing sheet with three sections, one longitudinal and two cross section.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

24"x42"

Scale:

1:50

Content of

Project 1 Items

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings D and E 1982 to 1987

Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Educational, Realized, Construction completed in Jun-1987

Client:

Higashino High School - Hisae Hosoi, Managing Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hans-Joachim Neis, Gary Black, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Artemis Anninou

Contractor:

Fujita Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Project cost:

$1,500,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Construction Drawings done after layout Construction management along with on-site design decisions Innovative construction methods

The two college buildings on the north side of the College Complex were incorporated into the High School; they are located to the right and left of the Central Hall, flanked by the Arts and Science buildings. Each two-storey college ...

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

Construction Innovations 1 Items

Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings & the aperiodic structural grid 1985

Construction System, Reinforced Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Artemis Anninou

The spatial and dimensional requirements of the large classrooms on the first floor, the long arcades on the ground floor, and the entrance volume led to an asymmetrical division of spaces to accomodate the differentiated shapes and sizes. The two ...

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Photographs 1 Items

The Campus of Eishin - High School: College Buildings - The aperiodic structural grid - Photographs of drawings 01/03/1984

Construction Innovation, Drawing

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Digitized

Photographs of four drawings of one college building, showing the ceiling structural beams on both levels organized in an aperiodic grid, which allows the merging of the structural elements with the features of the individual spaces, highlighting their qualities.