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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu House
1992 to 1996Design and construction of a family house for Mike and Patricia Goddu, with an area of 2.500 square feet.
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Column capital shape and size, built in the porch of the three houses
1994
Timber thick columns and shaped capitals were developed after a series of cardboard mock-ups until size, proportions and shape got right.
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Coffered ceiling in the Goddu and Heisey houses
1994
Exposed wooden beam coffered ceiling in the living rooms, with a cross shaped wooden ornament at the intersection of the beams.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu Family: Confirming the mutual satisfaction between all the families and Christiopher Alexander on an agreement made, allowing for the closure of the loan and the positive and successful completion of the project
20/01/1996
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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu House: Showing appreciation for the normalization of the situation, and giving a recap of the understanding of what was agreed upon and what will be worked out for; also includes a schedule of a second round of payments to be made
21/01/1996
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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu House: Uniform Residential Appraisal Report
16/09/1993
18-page report providing detailed information including property description, location, maps, pictures, etc. which results in estimating market value and a guide for Federally-related loans.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu House: Attorney Representation and Fee Letter
23/05/1994
2-page signed agreement that the attorney represents only the lender in the matters required by the loan processes and will prepare all legal instruments and documents necessary. The undersigned understands and accepts all rules set forth in the document including ...
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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Goddu House: Closing Affidavit
25/05/1994
3-page affidavit given to Life Savings Bank, to induce lender to make the disbursement to borrower under the certain and spelled out promissory note; a list of six rules is set forth.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses - Goddu House: Photographs of sketches
2 2) Floor plan sketch
01/11/1992
Photographs of two early sketches for the Goddu house.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses - Goddu House: Photographs of the building
5 5) Front garden and entrance steps
01/12/1995
Five exterior views of the Goddu house, characterized by its long curved porch.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses - Goddu House: Photographs of the building interior
2 2) Behind the living room the kitchen and dining area
01/12/1995
Two views of the Goddu house living room, with an elaborate ceiling framing.
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References
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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 ...
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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 Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested
In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Column capital shape and size used in the porch of the three houses - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1994
Images of three cardboard mock-ups, testing the size and shape of the timber column capitals, to be used in the porches of the houses.
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Column capital shape and size used in the porch of the three houses - Photographs
01/11/1995
Two views of the Goddu house curved porch with the colums and their capitals as built for this house.
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Coffered ceiling in the Goddu and Heisey houses - Photographs
01/11/1995
Images of the exposed timber coffered ceilings with cross shaped ornaments at the intersection of the beams, as built in the living rooms of two houses.