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Neighborhood of Five Houses: Heisey House
1992 to 1996Design and construction of a family house for Jim and Sylvia Heisey, with an area of 2.000 square feet.
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Heisey house roof eave detail
1994
Light rafter and sub-rafter structure for the roof eave. Shaped rafter tails form the roof edge and eave; the eave is more complex and makes a better center by the shape of the tails.
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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: Heisey 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: Heisey House: Attorney Representation and Fee Letter
24/05/1994
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: Heisey 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 - Heisey House: Photographs of sketches
2 2) Second floor plan
01/11/1992
Photographs of sketches depicting the two floor plans of the Heisey house.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses - Heisey House: Photographs of drawings
4 4) Side elevation
07/04/1994
Photographs of four basic drawings of the Heisey house.
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Neighborhood of Five Houses - Heisey House: Photographs of the building
4 4) Front view with enclosed porch
01/12/1995
Four exterior views of the Heisey house.
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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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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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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Goddu House and Heisey House; wooden mockup in the shape of a cross
01/01/1995
A full scale mockup of the living room ceiling ornaments.
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Gioja House and Heisey House; copper medallions mockups
01/01/1995
Two copper sample mockups of medallions, about 12″ in diameter. The medallions were used at the height of the perimeter beam of the first floor of the houses; also one wooden mold which was used for the shaping of the ...
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Back-of-the-Moon Community: Heisey House roof eave detail - Photographs
01/01/1994
Image of the house framing focusing on the roof overhang and the detailing of the shaped rafter tails, forming the roof edge and eave.
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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
Image of the Heisey house enclosed porch end wall with the colums and their capitals as they were built.
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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.
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