Photograph

House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton – Choice of color for the house exterior: Photographs

01/01/1990

Exterior View

View of the house painted in dark blue.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton: Choice of color for the house exterior 1990

Work of Art for Project, Hand-painted Exerior

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

The choice of the color for the Kaiser house was a long process; the chosen color was a deep intense blue with a touch of green in it.

References

Scientific Research

Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties

Areas of focus:

Structure of Space

Guiding idea:

Centers and Fields of Centers

Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...

Projects

House for Gail Kaiser and Mark Anderton 1989 to 1991

2904 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1991

Client:

Mr. Mark Anderton and Ms. Gail Kaiser

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Contractor:

Construction management by the Center for Environmental Structure

Project cost:

$250,000

Project stages:

Design Development drawings Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions

Complete remodelling of an existing house, to be about 2,200 square feet of indoor space, plus balconies, porches and garage. The remodelled house is two-storey and includes a living room, a kitchen, a master bedroom and an extra bedroom on ...