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7 7) Overview of top boards showing the levels of entrance, stair landing studio and living room
Seven views from the construction process of the foundation formwork, and specifically nailing the top board of the ground floor slab on metal stakes, and hamemering the stakes into the ground until the proper level was reached. A design decision was made at that point to define the ground floor level of the main volumes of the house, in relationship to the slopes and in relationship to each other, incorporating at the same time the maximum benefit from the views between trees.
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Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process
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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
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Berryessa House: Initial excavations - Photographs
4 4) Targeted excavation works, after stakes and ropes defined edges of built areas - Alexander is directing the works
01/05/1981
Four views depicting the first excavation activities to form the platforms of the main volumes of the house, as indicated by the stakes placed during the initial layout on the land, which defined the corners of the house volumes.
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Berryessa House: Layout of house with stakes on the land - Photographs
3 3) Excavations in parallel with the layout process on the land - stakes & streched ropes in-between indicate location & levels
01/07/1981
Three views depicting the first step of the layout process on the site, in order to determine the location and approximate size of the house volumes, in relatioship to the site slope, views and existing trees; main constraints were the ...
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Berryessa House: Foundation perimeter beam and slab formwork under construction - Photographs
2 2) Second similar view of the perimeter foundation beam
01/07/1981
The construction of the formwork for the perimeter beam and slab of the foundation finalized the design of the footprint and levels of the volumes of the house, which followed pretty closely the layout of the house staked on the ...
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