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Black and White Terrazzo Floor: Photographs

01/01/1981

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Three views of the terrazzo floor experiment, one of the first terrazzo floors made at the entrance door of the C.E.S. office on Shasta Road.

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Work of Art 1 Items

Black and white terrazzo floor 1981

Personal Work of Art, Terrazzo Work

The first experiment for a marble-dust floor that Christopher Alexander had conducted.

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Scientific Research 1 Items

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

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 ...