Photograph

West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Photographs of building interior

01/01/1996

Interior View

Image of the long and narrow upper gallery of the dining hall with a sequence of tables in front of each window.

Content of

Project 1 Items

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center 1994 to 1996

Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in Nov. 1995

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties

Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...

Photographs 1 Items

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Interior space at the stage on being visualized and designed - Photographs of mock-ups 2 2) Mock-up of the upper gallery to test the splay and depth of the window reveals, to get their shape and character just right 01/01/1994

Project, Design Process, Mock-up

Photographs of full scale mock-ups done on the construction site, using concrete blocks and other loose construction material.