House for Roger and Karuna Hodgson: New kind of wall construction – Photographs of Mock-up

01/01/1991

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Working on a full scale mock-up for a wall section built with concrete blocks, experimenting with the making of chases for setting in fine lines of white marble .

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color, B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

House for Roger and Karuna Hodgson: New kind of wall construction 1991

Construction System, Structural Wall

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Mockups for innovative block techniques used the construction of structural walls made of concrete blocks laid out in a way allowing a fine line of marble to be inlaid in a chase.

Contents

Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Innovation

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Projects

House for Roger and Karuna Hodgson 1990 to 1991

Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed , Not built

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Roger and Karuna Hodgson

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $350,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

2,000 square feet family house on two floors, designed with the participation of the clients. Terraces, out buildings next to the house, and two barns were planned to be included. .