Model & Mock-up

Second Sala House: Leopard Molds

01/01/1987

Construction Mold

Wooden mold, which was used for casting the leopard-shaped tiles in clay.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

11 3/4"x11 3/4"

Scale:

1'=1'

Content of

Construction Innovation

Second Sala House: Leopard molds 1987

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Yellow painted wooden molds for the manufacturing of the clay leopards to be used as inserts in the colored concrete floor.

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

Sala House Addition 1986 to 1988

700 Hillside, 94706, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jan-1988

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Andre and Anna Sala

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Steven Duff, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$80,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Use of full scale mock-ups Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control

Two-storey 700 square feet addition to the exisitng house, connected with it at the west facing wall. The extension includes a living room, a bedroom and a bathroom with hot tub. Wood post and beam interior with pine paneling ...

Photographs

Second Sala House: Leopard molds used during the pouring of the concrete floor - Photographs of mold 01/01/1987

Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

The wooden leopard mold.