The Upham House: Window openings and windows details – Photographs of mock-up

01/01/1992

Mock-up, Construction Process

Three photographs related to the window detailed design. The first picture shows the window openings with cardboard mock-ups in some of them, for studying the window subdivision and framing, before ordering; the second one is an image of a cardoard mock-up for a large curved window for testing its panes; the last image shows a combination of windows during the installation stage.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

Upham House: Window openings and windows details 1992

Building Detail, Window Shaping

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

The detailed design of the windows, namely the arrangement of lights, mullions and glazing bars for each window and door, was concluded after it was made clear that the big living room windows formed a kind of anchor point. The ...

Contents

Photographs

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

House for Chris Upham and Stephanie Upham 1989 to 1994

37 Poppy Lane, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1994

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher and Stephanie Upham

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Carl Lindberg, Gary Black, James Maguire

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$439,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions

Two-story family house, with 2,400 square feet floor area, designed with the participation of the clients. The construction of a massive 15 high foot high retaining wall and sewer reconstruction caused by unusual hill condition added $96,000 to the house ...