Berryessa Terraced House: Foundation concrete works – Photographs

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...

The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...

Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...

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.

Four 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 ...

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 ...