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The Campus of Eishin – College Complex: Library and Research Center – Photographs of model

01/03/1984

Design Process, Model

Three views of the Library and Research Center model, at a large scale for fine-tuning the building volumes and their treatment.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Iruma-shi, Saitama, Japan

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Project

Eishin Campus - College Complex: Main Library and Research Center 1982 to 1984

Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Educational, Designed , Not built

Client:

Higashino High School - Hisae Hosoi, Managing Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Gary Black, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

The Main Library and Research Center form a U-shaped building with a large courtyard, opening into the elongated outdoor space of the College Complex. It was designed to occupy the west end of the College Complex, opposite the Judo Hall; ...

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References

Scientific Research

Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Process

The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...