Drawing

West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center – Hand-made Tilework: Tile pattern and color studies

27/06/1996

Sketches, Gouache Painting

Eleven sketches studying the flower shapes and color distribution for the tile pattern.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11", 11"x17"

Content of

Construction Innovation

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Hand-made tilework 1996

Work of Art for Project, Hand-made Tilework

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Hand-made, painted and glazed tile of white porcelain with a flower design in green and yellow on reddish background, embedded in the entrance wall to the dining hall, over the archway.

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References

Scientific Research

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Hand-made Tilework: Sketches & notes on tile glazes 05/07/1996

Construction Innovation, Design Matters, Notes & Sketches

Authors:

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

Four sketches with notes of the two tile patterns for which four versions of color combinations and distribution are proposed by the specified glaze codes.