Etna street Cottage: Photographs from the visit of the architects Doris and Ralph Thut

01/04/1975

Interior View

Two images from the visit of the architects Doris and Ralph Thut, who had an office in Munich, who were interested in Alexander’s work regarding self-help housing. The digital photos were sent by Alberto Franchini; the originals belong in the archive of the aforementioned architects.

Photograph:

Photographer:

Ralph Thut, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

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Etna Street Cottage 1974

Etna Street, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized, Construction completed in 1974

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander with his students in the 1974 Spring studio class Arch. 209, including Walter V. Wendler and Donald Corner

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$3.000

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Layout on the site No drawings were produced Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

Experimental building project, two-story 400 sq. ft. cottage, with a hollow wooden structure filled with concrete and featherweight concrete vaults. Completed in ten weeks, without a building permit at the back of the C.E.S. office on Etna Street, and was ...