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Fort Mason Bench
1984A three-tiered masonry public bench and centerpiece, on the Fort Mason pier, overlooking Alcatraz Island. It was built within three weeks as part of the "Spirit in Design" workshop, beginning on 24-Mar-1984 following an announcement in "CoEvolution Quarterly".
The main intent of the project was to provide a permanent gift to the city of San Francisco, one which the inhabitants of the city would enjoy for many years to come.
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Fort Mason Bench: Photographs of the project during construction
4 4) Close-up view of the table
14/04/1984
Four images of the concrete bench and table, before the commencement of the terrazzo works; first small samples of terrazzo pieces for testing are discerned on the bench back.
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Fort Mason Bench: Photographs of the project
5 5) A variation of the previous image
01/05/1984
Five photographs of the bench, from different angles and sides.
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Fort Mason Bench: Layout process on the site - Photographs of mock-up
08/04/1984
Photograph of the table mock-up, made on the site using cardboard; size and shape are further fine-tuned in the next steps of the process.
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References
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Design and Construction is one Integrated Making 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 ...
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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...
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The Sequence of Unfolding - Generative Codes for the Design Process
In architecture, as in other things, the "right" sequence is of vital importance. It is a generative sequence of progressive differentiations, which allow space to unfold in the right order. Each differentiation acts on the product of the previous ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two - The Process of Creating Life
2002
“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Three - A Vision of a Living World
2005
“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...
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Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991
17/10/1991
Cassette tape of the fourteenth Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on “Structure Preserving Transformations”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is one hour and fifteen minutes.
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The Center for Environmental Structure: Portfolio of Projects
01/01/1989
Presentation of sixteen projects developed by The Center for Environmental Structure until 1989. 75-page portfolio with Part One “Completed Projects”, Part Two “Current Projects”, concluding with “Additional Projects”. The projects included are: 1) The Linz Cafe, 2) The Sala House, ...
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Fort Mason Bench: Ornamental Terrazzo Panels - Photographs
01/05/1984
Photographs of three terrazzo panels with animals, at the resting back of the bench.
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Fort Mason Bench: Ornamental Terrazzo Panels - Photographs
01/05/1984
Two photographs of the six terrazzo panels with animals, flowers and geometric patterns at the resting back of the bench.
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Fort Mason Bench: Ornamental Terrazzo Panels - Photographs
14/04/1984
Six photographs illustrating some steps of the process of making the terrazzo ornaments at the side and back walls of the bench.
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