House for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson

1981 to 1982

Bodega Bay, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Designed , Not built

One-story family house with a generous courtyard at its center, with 2,050 square feet floor area.

Client:

Mr. & Mrs. Anderson

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Leonidas Pakas

Project stages:

Preliminary Design

Contents

Drawings

Anderson House: Sketches of house plan and elevations 01/01/1981

Architectural Design, Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper, Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Seven pages of early studies of the house with floor plans and elevations.
Anderson House: Sketches of house plan 01/01/1981

Architectural Design, Sketches

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

A schematic layout sketch of the house with indicaded use of rooms.
Anderson House: Preliminary Design Drawings 01/01/1981

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Site Plan, Floor Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Leonidas Pakas, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

The site and roof plan of the house and the house plan.
Anderson House: Preliminary Design Drawings 01/01/1981

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Leonidas Pakas, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

11"x17 1/2"

Two elevations of the house, the east elevation with the entrance to the house which leads to the courtyard, and the west elevation with a double door which connects the courtyard to the garden.
Anderson House: Preliminary Design Drawings 01/01/1981

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Section, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Leonidas Pakas, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Two elevations of the house, the east and north elevations together with a section through the courtyard facing towards the living room.
Anderson House: Preliminary Design Drawings 01/01/1981

Architectural Design, Preliminary Design, Floor Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Leonidas Pakas, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Two schematic early floor plans.

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Photographs

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References

Articles

Sketches of a New Architecture 01/01/1984

Publication, Book Contribution

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Architecture in an Age of Skepticism: A Practitioners' Anthology, pp. 8-27

Editor:

Denys Lasdun

Publisher:

Heinemann, London, U.K.