Model & Mock-up

Back-of-the-Moon Community: Goddu House and Heisey House; wooden mockup in the shape of a cross

01/01/1995

Mock-up

A full scale mockup of the living room ceiling ornaments.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

18 1/2"x23 7/8"

Scale:

1'=1'

Content of

Construction Innovation

Back-of-the-Moon Community: Coffered ceiling in the Goddu and Heisey houses 1994

Work of Art for Project, Coffered Ceiling

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Saul Pichardo, Randall Schmidt

Exposed wooden beam coffered ceiling in the living rooms, with a cross shaped wooden ornament at the intersection of the beams.

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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