Model & Mock-up

Round House: Site and house model

01/07/1999

Model

A cardboard rough model of a complete house design adopted to the specifics of the site.

Created by:

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

Medium:

Array

Size:

5 3/4"x10"x11 1/2"

Scale:

1/8"=1'

Content of

Project 1 Items

Round House 1999 to 2007

South 220 Pl & Ryerste Rd., Elkhorn, NE, U.S.A.

Residential, Built, Construction completed in 2007

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Jack and Nancy Round

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout The house was built nine years later without the involvement of C.E.S.

Residence stepping down hillside above Elkhorn river.