Photograph

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Photographs of site with house model

15/09/1994

Model

Three photographs of the house volumes placed on a site model, depict the “serpentine version” layout.

Photographer:

Randall Schmidt/C.E.S., Rhinelander, WI, U.S.A.

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

4"x6", 35mm, Color

Content of

Project 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar 1993 to 1995

Lake Tomahawk, WI, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed, Not built

Client:

Mrs. Mary LaMar and Mr. Michael Price

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, James Maguire, David Soffa

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Vacation house overlooking Tomahawk Lake, on a site with pronounced slop and existing cottage. The wish of the client, to preserve part of the cottage, was seriously considered and it was incorporated successfully into the design of the new house. ...

References

Drawings 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Preliminary Design Drawings - Building layout on site 30/08/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Layout Process

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

1:20

CA’s Versions 30-Aug-1994 & 17-Sep-1994 is noted on the drawings. Christopher Alexander’s revised proposal of the building layout staked on site, overlaid with thick continuous line above the initial layout.

Photographs 1 Items

House and Spiritual Retreat for Mary LaMar: Photographs of layout process on the land 01/08/1994

Project, Layout Process on Site

Photographer:

Randall Schmidt/C.E.S., Rhinelander, WI, U.S.A.

Source:

Print

Characteristics:

4"x6", Color

Four images depict an alternative stake out of the house named “serpentine version” by Alexander.