Berryessa Terraced House: Timber post and concrete base – Photographs of mock-up

01/03/1982

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Full scale mock-up of the concrete base for the five timber 6″x6″ posts, located on top of the stone wall of the veranda in front of the living room .

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

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Construction Innovation

Berryessa Terraced House: Concrete column base for wooden column 1981

Building Detail, Column Shaping

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou

Simple timber – concrete combination in the construction of concrete bases for the timber columns of the veranda .

References

Projects

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. John and Mara Lighty

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Gernot Mittersteiner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$72,788

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 and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative constructi

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 ...