Model & Mock-up

Pasadena Waldorf School: Blue Archaic Bird

01/01/1986

Mock-up

Shaped tile fragments hand-molded out of clay and glazed, set into red plaster, for insert into wall panel.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

18"x18"

Scale:

1'=1'

Content of

Construction Innovation

Pasadena Waldorf School: Blue archaic bird 1986

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Shaped tile fragments hand-molded out of clay and glazed, set into red plaster, for insert into wall panel.

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 ...

Projects

Pasadena Waldorf School 1986 to 1988

209 East Mariposa , Altadena, CA, U.S.A.

Educational, Designed , Not built

Client:

Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Waldorf School - Mr. Barry Sanders, President

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $2,000,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Master plan and building plans for ten buildings, including classrooms, assembly areas, gymnasium, workshops, and gardens; the total floor area of buildings was 24,000 square feet.

Photographs

Pasadena Waldorf School: Blue Archaic Bird - Photographs of mock-up 01/01/1986

Construction Innovation, Mock-up

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

One photograph of the tile bird, and one photograph of its initial sketch.