Pasadena Waldorf School: Plastered concrete on column for the application of ornament – Photographs

01/01/1986

Focus on Details

View of an early sketch model for the kindergarten, tiny in scale, joyful and playful, with “ropy” spiral columns to be made in plastered concrete, and a frieze with schematic elephants.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

Pasadena Waldorf School: Plastered concrete on column for the application of ornament 1986

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Sketch model for the Waldorf Kindergarten Project, with "ropy" spiral columns to be made in plastered concrete .

References

Scientific Research

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Structure Preserving Transformations

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 ...

Projects

Pasadena Waldorf School 1986 to 1988

209 East Mariposa , Altadena, CA, U.S.A.

Educational, Designed , Not built

Client:

Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Waldorf School - Mr. Barry Sanders, President

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou, Randall Schmidt, Seth Wachtel

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $2,000,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Master plan and building plans for ten buildings, including classrooms, assembly areas, gymnasium, workshops, and gardens; the total floor area of buildings was 24,000 square feet.