The Campus of Eishin – High SchooI: Main Gate – Photographs of sketches

01/01/1983

Design Process, Drawing

The main gate as initially sketched by Christopher Alexander.
The photo was exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US”.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Content of

Project

Eishin Campus - High School: Main Gate 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

Client:

Higashino High School - Hisae Hosoi, Managing Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Hans-Joachim Neis, Gary Black, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Contractor:

Fujita Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Design Development and Construction Drawings done after layout Construction management along with on-site design decisions

The Main Gate is loated at the end of the entrance strteet. It is the main entrance to the High School, a three-story building with ornamental plaster and traditional grey smoked tile roof.

References

Public Events

14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: "Office US" 07/06/2014 to 23/11/2014

U.S. Pavillion in Arsenale, Venice, Italy

Exhibition

C.E.S. staff:

Maggie Moore, Artemis Anninou, Lily Alexander

Organized by:

La Biennale di Venezia

The American contribution to the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014, entitled OfficeUS, looked into the immense built production of American architects abroad. The curators of the US Pavilion chose the Center for Environmental Structure to be among the firms ...

Photographs

The Campus of Eishin - High SchooI: Main Gate - Photographs of the building 01/05/1985

Project, Exterior View

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

The main gate as viewed from the entrance street, before one enters the main square.